"wilfulness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wilfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: wilful + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wilful|ness}} wilful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} wilfulness (usually uncountable, plural wilfulnesses)
  1. (British spelling) The state or condition of being wilful; stubbornness. Tags: UK, uncountable, usually Synonyms: willfulness [US] Translations (state of being wilful; stubbornness): αὐθάδεια (authádeia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), упоритост (uporitost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), инат (inat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), animōsitās (Latin), Ieejensenn [masculine] (Plautdietsch), своево́лие (svojevólije) [neuter] (Russian), упря́мство (uprjámstvo) [neuter] (Russian)

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