Willful means "deliberate" or "stubborn." A child who exhibits willful disobedience knows she is doing something wrong (even if she tries to convince you otherwise).
Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary;
Adjective S.
by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"
Adjective S.
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Adjective S.
done by design; "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"
a.
Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful
murder.
a.
Governed by the will without yielding to reason;
obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful
man or horse.
Willful
In willful poverty chose to lead his life.
Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence.2.
Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary;
Usage Examples
Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better.
Economists treat economics as if it is a pure science divorced from the facts of life. The result of this false accountancy is a willful confusion under cover of which industry wreaks its havoc scot-free and ignores the environmental cost.
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Other Usage ExamplesI was convicted of three misdemeanors of willful failure to file a form.
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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