- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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