Synonyms for willful
ˈwɪl fəlwill·ful

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1. willfuladjective

   Done in a manner which was intended.

   Synonyms:
   voluntary, volitional

2. willfuladjective

   Stubborn.

   Synonyms:
   spiteful, headstrong, obstinate, self-willed

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1. willful

   Synonyms:
   purposed, deliberate, designed, intentional, prepense, premeditated, preconcerted, wayward, refractory, stubborn, self-willed, headstrong

   Antonyms:
   undesigned, accidental, unintentional, unpremeditated, docile, obedient, amenable, manageable, deferential, considerate, thoughtful

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1. willful, wilfuladjective

   done by design

   "the insult was intentional"; "willful disobedience"

   Synonyms:
   froward, headstrong, self-willed, wilful

   Antonyms:
   obedient, nonvoluntary, involuntary, unvoluntary

2. froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilfuladjective

   habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

   Synonyms:
   froward, wilful, headstrong, self-willed

   Antonyms:
   unvoluntary, obedient, involuntary, nonvoluntary

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1. willfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   refractory, headstrong, perverse, disobedient, inflexible

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1. List of paraphrases for "willful":

   deliberate, intentional, wilful, stubborn

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1. Alexander Pope:

   The general cry is against ingratitude, but the complaint is misplaced, it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ingratitude; but almost everybody is capable of thinking he hath done more that another deserves, while the other thinks he hath received less than he deserves.

2. Former FEC commissioner Brad Smith:

   While some outlets have incorrectly reported that federal rules generally prohibit The PACs from providing more than $ 5,000 in services to campaigns, Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti told Fox News that the payments were likely proper so long as The PACs were for the fair market value of the services rendered. Job Creators Network CEO Ortiz on' Thanks for nothing, AOC !' billboard in New York City. In terms of possible penalties, Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti said that Ocasio-Cortezs campaign could be facing FEC fines if it followed bad legal advice and made reporting errors. But civil or even criminal fraud statutes, as opposed to campaign finance laws, would potentially kick in if it were determined that Saikat Chakrabarti had intentionally tried to hide the money to use for illicit expenses. Meanwhile, Former FEC commissioner Brad Smith told the Daily Caller News Foundations investigative unit that, because Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apparently held legal control of Justice Democrats PACwhile Justice Democrats PAC was supporting Scott Applewhite -RRB- Noti campaign, thetwo committees were likely acting as affiliated committees -- andtherefore share a single contribution limit of $ 2,700 that might have been exceeded. If this were determined to be knowing and willful, they could be facing jail time, even if its not knowing and willful, it would be a clear civil violation of the act, which would require disgorgement of the contributions and civil penalties. I think theyve got some real issues here. Mondays filingcomes on the heels of a separate complaint by theWashington, D.C.-based Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which alleged last week that theBrand New New York Democratic Congressional PACmay have illegally funneled thousands of dollars to Riley Roberts, Riley Roberts. It was firstreported late last month that Justice Democrats PAC paid Riley Roberts during the early days of the Ocasio-Cortez campaign.According to FEC records, Justice Democrats PAC made two payments to Roberts one in August 2017 and one in September 2017 both for $ 3,000. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The FEC complaint specifically cites the use of.

3. Roger Abramson:

   There's no way you could reasonably associate choosing to go without vaccinations for Covid... and assuming that you're in the same spot as a Jewish person in Nazi Germany, to me, it's willful ignorance.

4. Ahmad F. Hedayat:

   COVID-19 is the reaction of nature to our abusive & willful misconduct.

5. Dudley Sharp:

   So often, it seems, that willful ignorance is, now, the default position for absolute certainty. Dudley Sharp, 2019