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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