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Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.

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  1. a. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder.
  2. a. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse.
  3. adj. done by design
  4. adj. habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  5. 1. Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder. Foxe. In willful poverty chose to lead his life. Chaucer. Thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who, for my willful crime, art banished hence. Milton. 2. Governed by the will without yielding to reason; obstinate; perverse; inflexible; stubborn; refractory; as, a willful man or horse. -- Will"ful*ly, adv. -- Will"ful*ness, n.