nill

American  

[nil] / nɪl /

verb (used without object)

nilled, nilling

1. to be unwilling.

   will he, nill he.

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verb (used with object)

nilled, nilling

1. to refuse or reject.

Etymology

Origin of nill

before 900; Middle English nillen, Old English nyllan, contraction of phrase ne willan ; see no ¹, will ¹, willy-nilly

Example Sentences

“The punishment for disrespecting these sacred personalities was almost nill earlier,” said Abdul Akbar Chitrali, a lawmaker belonging to a religious political party and author of the bill.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2023

Britain needs a Post Bank to provide universal banking and local enterprise funds or a community reinvestment nill to help encourage savings back into disadvantaged areas.

From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2010

My tres beau sire," Messire de Vernoil ended, "will you or nill you, Venaissin is yours this morning.

From The Certain Hour by Cabell, James Branch

Cassedys nill, alleias, broad pintados, with spotted, striped, and checquered stuffs, are most in request, and sell at good profit.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

And if in life her love she nill agree me, Pray her before I die, she will come see me.

From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia by Crow, Martha Foote