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Antonyms for self-will
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : self-wil, self- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌsɛlfˈwɪl, ˈsɛlf- |
Definition of self-will
- As in bullheadedness : noun obstinacy
- We came away by means of greeds and curiosities imagined by Self-will.
- Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
- But first must come the abandonment of Self-will, bit by bit, to the death.
- Extract from : « The Prodigal Returns » by Lilian Staveley
- I wish that I could suffer alone for my self-will and imprudence.
- Extract from : « The Rambles of a Rat » by A. L. O. E.
- There is music in heaven, because in music there is no self-will.
- Extract from : « Daily Thoughts » by Charles Kingsley
- Pray to them, indeed, we need not, as if they would help us out of any self-will of their own.
- Extract from : « Out of the Deep » by Charles Kingsley
- Self-will is, from the religious point of view, the form of all temptation.
- Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
- In man, self has possession, and self-will the mastery, and there is no room for God.
- Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
- Stay one moment, and you shall know what your pride and self-will have cost you!
- Extract from : « The Guardian Angel » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- The cook, sir, is self-will'd, and will not learn From my experience.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 » by Various
- And if I had, how my self-will, and pride, and jealousy would have grown!
- Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
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