Definition of willful

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Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..

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Wilfulness :: Wilfulness (n.) See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness..
Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea..
Vandalism :: Vandalism (n.) The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty; hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or defacement of their monuments..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
Contumacious :: Contumacious (a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
Cool :: Cool (superl.) Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior..
Punish :: Punish (v. t.) To impose a penalty upon; to afflict with pain, loss, or suffering for a crime or fault, either with or without a view to the offender's amendment; to cause to suffer in retribution; to chasten; as, to punish traitors with death; a father punishes his child for willful disobedience..
Heady :: Heady (a.) Willful; rash; precipitate; hurried on by will or passion; ungovernable.
Pervicacious :: Pervicacious (a.) Obstinate; willful; refractory.
Stomachic :: Stomachful (a.) Willfully obstinate; stubborn; perverse.
Wayward :: Wayward (a.) Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
Cruelty :: Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Indulge :: Indulge (v. t.) to yield to the desire of; to gratify by compliance; to humor; to withhold restraint from; as, to indulge children in their caprices or willfulness; to indulge one's self with a rest or in pleasure..
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
Assault :: Assault (n.) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery..
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