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willful
[ wil-fuhl ]
adjective
- deliberate, voluntary, or intentional:
The coroner ruled the death willful murder.
Synonyms:
- unreasonably stubborn or headstrong; self-willed.
Synonyms: , , , , , ,
Antonyms: ,
willful
/ ˈɪʊ /
adjective
- the US spelling of wilful
Other Word Forms
- ɾ·ڳܱ· adverb
- ɾ·ڳܱ·Ա noun
- -ɾ·ڳܱ adjective
- half-ɾ·ڳܱ·Ա noun
- ܲ·ɾ·ڳܱ adjective
- un·ɾ·ڳܱ·Ա noun
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Example Sentences
District Judge Paula Xinis condemned the government’s lawyers for defying the court’s order, saying their “objection reflects a willful and bad faith refusal to comply.”
“The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it,” he wrote.
It is the “knowing and willful disclosure of classified information,” including communication, publication, or use in a way prejudicial to the U.S. or beneficial to a foreign government.
Alvarez was charged with child endangerment and an enhancement of willful harm resulting in death.
In many ways, the failure of imagination by the country’s “responsible” political leaders, the mainstream news media and the American public that empowered Trump and MAGA’s ascendance is willful and negligent.
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