self-will
noun
stubborn or obstinate willfulness, as in pursuing one's own wishes, aims, etc.
self-willedness
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a word derived from
self-will.
Example Sentences
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I called on the king, who appointed the 24th instant for an excursion of three days' hippopotamus-shooting on the N'yanza. 23d.—To-day occurred a brilliant instance of the capricious restlessness and self-willedness of this despotic king.
From The Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke
Having succeeded in attaining her aim, Norina throws aside her mask, and by her self-willedness, prodigality and waywardness drives her would-be husband to despair.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Charles Annesley
But out, alas, thine own self-willedness Harshly refuses them that weep and wail To close their eyes that after thee do call.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by Gleeson White
Without contention, without self-willedness, Without competition, without anger, Without persecution, without particular malice, Without vehemence, without words, 71.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various
I had a brilliant instance of the capricious restlessness and self-willedness of this despotic monarch Mtésa.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
