Antonyms for willfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : wil-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪl fəl


Definition of willfulness

Origin :
  • c.1200, "strong-willed," from will (n.) + -ful. Willfully is late Old English wilfullice "of one's own free will, voluntarily;" bad sense of "on purpose" is attested from late 14c.
  • As in tenacity : noun diligence, stubbornness
  • As in will : noun personal choice
  • As in bullheadedness : noun obstinacy
  • As in hardheadedness : noun obstinacy
  • As in mulishness : noun obstinacy
  • As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
  • As in obstinateness : noun obstinacy
  • As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
  • As in pertinaciousness : noun obstinacy
  • As in pertinacity : noun obstinacy
  • As in perverseness : noun obstinacy
  • As in perversity : noun obstinacy
  • As in pigheadedness : noun obstinacy
  • As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
  • As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
  • As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
  • As in tenaciousness : noun obstinacy
  • As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
  • As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
  • As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
  • As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
  • As in untowardness : noun unruliness
  • As in fanaticism : noun overenthusiasm
Example sentences :
  • Is my niece accounting for her willfulness in staying at home this morning?
  • Extract from : « Rutledge » by Miriam Coles Harris
  • Freedom in this form is only willfulness, because devoid of an inward law.
  • Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke
  • Don't you realize what the judge will say when I show up your willfulness?
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
  • Because of our ignorance, our indifference, and our willfulness.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • And then I knew how heavily Carrie's willfulness had weighed on that patient heart.
  • Extract from : « Esther » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • He has all her charm and her willfulness, with the iron will and talent of his father.
  • Extract from : « The Heart's Country » by Mary Heaton Vorse
  • Nevertheless, there was nothing either small or petty in her willfulness.
  • Extract from : « The Hermit of Far End » by Margaret Pedler
  • Her own willfulness had brought her to this pass; she faced that uncompromisingly.
  • Extract from : « A Poor Wise Man » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It surely is that which "willfulness, conceit, and egotism" find hardest to endure.
  • Extract from : « Records of a Girlhood » by Frances Ann Kemble
  • That willfulness of his had pleased Lady Sellingworth more than anything had pleased her for a very long time.
  • Extract from : « December Love » by Robert Hichens

Synonyms for willfulness

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