(especially BrE) (AmE usually willful) adjective (disapproving)
1 [usuallybeforenoun] (of a bad or harmful action) done deliberately, although the person doing it knows that it is wrong:
wilful damage / neglect
2 determined to do what you want; not caring about what other people want:
a wilful child
wilfully adverb:
They were charged with wilfully neglecting their children.
wilfulness noun [U]:
the wilfulness and arrogance of human nature
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