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willfulness:
- acte arbitraire; fait de se faire justice soi-même; présomption; obstination; entêtement
willful:
- buté; têtu; tenace; obstiné; entêté; obstinément; opiniâtre; opiniâtrement; acharné; récalcitrant
Wiktionary:
- willful → volontaire
- willful → entêté, obstinément, entêtée, têtu, volontaire, têtue

English

Detailed Translations for willfulness from English to French

willfulness:

willfulness [the ~] nomen, engelsk

the willfulness (self-righteousness; wilfulness)
l'acte arbitraire; le fait de se faire justice soi-même
- acte arbitraire [le ~] nomen
- fait de se faire justice soi-même [le ~] nomen
the willfulness (pigheadedness; intractability; wilfulness)
la présomption; l'obstination; l'entêtement
- présomption [la ~] nomen
- obstination [la ~] nomen
- entêtement [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for willfulness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
acte arbitraire	self-righteousness; wilfulness; willfulness
entêtement	intractability; pigheadedness; wilfulness; willfulness	stubbornness
fait de se faire justice soi-même	self-righteousness; wilfulness; willfulness
obstination	intractability; pigheadedness; wilfulness; willfulness	keeping up; obduracy; persistence; pertinacity; stiffness; stubbornness; tenacity
présomption	intractability; pigheadedness; wilfulness; willfulness	arrogance; being supercilious; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; condescension; estimate; estimation; flatulence; grandiloquence; guess; haughtiness; impertinence; overestimation of oneself; pomposity; presuming; presumption; presumptuousness; self-conceit; self-elevating; self-importance; superiority; supposition
-	fractiousness; unruliness; wilfulness
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	wilfulness

Related Words for "willfulness":

willful

Synonyms for "willfulness":

unruliness; fractiousness; wilfulness; intractability; intractableness

Related Definitions for "willfulness":

the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline¹

willful:

willful adj

willful (stubborn; headstrong; obstinate; wilful; stiff-necked)
buté; têtu; tenace; obstiné; entêté; obstinément; opiniâtre; opiniâtrement
- buté adj
- têtu adj
- tenace adj
- obstiné adj
- entêté adj
- obstinément adj
- opiniâtre adj
- opiniâtrement adj
willful (obstinate; dogged; mulish; wayward; headstrong; wilful)
obstiné; têtu; acharné; récalcitrant; obstinément
- obstiné adj
- têtu adj
- acharné adj
- récalcitrant adj
- obstinément adj

Translation Matrix for willful:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
entêté		pig-headed person; stubborn person
récalcitrant		recalcitrant; refuser
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	froward; headstrong; self-willed; wilful
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	arbitrary; wilful
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
acharné	dogged; headstrong; mulish; obstinate; wayward; wilful; willful	assiduous; diligent; dogged; embittered; furious; grim; industrious; mad; persevering; persistent; recalcitrant; sedulous; sullen; tight lipped
buté	headstrong; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wilful; willful	against the grain; awkward; headstrong; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; stubborn; unrelenting; unyielding
entêté	headstrong; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wilful; willful	against the grain; awkward; dense; headstrong; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; recalcitrant; stubborn; unrelenting; unyielding
obstiné	dogged; headstrong; mulish; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wayward; wilful; willful	against the grain; awkward; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; pigheaded; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending
obstinément	dogged; headstrong; mulish; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wayward; wilful; willful	obstinate; persevering; persistent; pigheaded; stiff-necked; stubborn
opiniâtre	headstrong; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wilful; willful	headstrong; obstinate; pig-headed; pigheaded; rebellious; recalcitrant; stiff-necked; stubborn
opiniâtrement	headstrong; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wilful; willful
récalcitrant	dogged; headstrong; mulish; obstinate; wayward; wilful; willful	against the grain; boring; cross-grained; disobedient; dull; grumpy; headstrong; heady; immovable; inflexible; leathery; mindless; obstinate; persevering; persistent; pig-headed; rebellious; recalcitrant; refractory; revolting; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; stupefied; sullen; surly; tacky; tedious; tenacious; tough; unbending; uncontrollable; ungovernable; unmanageable; unrelenting; unruly; unyielding; viscous
tenace	headstrong; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wilful; willful	against the grain; decisive; firm; immovable; inflexible; obstinate; persistent; recalcitrant; resolute; rigid; star; stern; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending; unshakable
têtu	dogged; headstrong; mulish; obstinate; stiff-necked; stubborn; wayward; wilful; willful	against the grain; awkward; dense; headstrong; immovable; inflexible; mulish; obstinate; pig-headed; pigheaded; rebellious; recalcitrant; rigid; star; stern; stiff-necked; straight-backed; stubborn; unbending

Related Words for "willful":

willfulness, willfully

Synonyms for "willful":

intentional; wilful; voluntary
froward; headstrong; self-willed; disobedient

Related Definitions for "willful":

habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition¹
done by design¹
- willful disobedience¹

Wiktionary Translations for willful:

willful

adjective

Qui se fait sans contrainte, de pure volonté.
- volontaire → voluntary; willful

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• willful	→ entêté; obstinément; entêtée; têtu; volontaire; têtue	↔ eigensinnig — gegen alle vernünftigen Vorstellungen beharrend, von Eigensinn bestimmt

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University