Definition of willful

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Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse..

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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..
Guilt :: Guilt (v. t.) The criminality and consequent exposure to punishment resulting from willful disobedience of law, or from morally wrong action; the state of one who has broken a moral or political law; crime; criminality; offense against right..
Scienter :: Scienter (adv.) Knowingly; willfully.
Malice :: Malice (n.) Any wicked or mischievous intention of the mind; a depraved inclination to mischief; an intention to vex, annoy, or injure another person, or to do a wrongful act without just cause or cause or excuse; a wanton disregard of the rights or safety of others; willfulness..
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..
Wilfulness :: Wilfulness (n.) See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness..
Willful :: Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..
Willsome :: Willsome (a.) Willful; obstinate.
Murder :: Murder (n.) To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n..
Contumacious :: Contumacious (a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
Willful :: Willful (a.) Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse..
Barratry :: Barratry (n.) A fraudulent breach of duty or willful act of known illegality on the part of a master of a ship, in his character of master, or of the mariners, to the injury of the owner of the ship or cargo, and without his consent. It includes every breach of trust committed with dishonest purpose, as by running away with the ship, sinking or deserting her, etc., or by embezzling the cargo..
Presumptuous :: Presumptuous (a.) Done with hold design, rash confidence, or in violation of known duty; willful..
Derelict :: Derelict (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea..
Pulsation :: Pulsation (n.) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery.
Ignorance :: Ignorance (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or clothes, or anything attached to his person or held by him..
Wayward :: Wayward (a.) Taking one's own way; disobedient; froward; perverse; willful.
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..
Ignore :: Ignore (v. t.) Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person..
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