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Definition of Self-will

1. Noun. Resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires.

2. Noun. The trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior.

Definition of Self-will

1. Noun. The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-will

self-synchronizing self-talk self-tapping self-tapping screw self-tapping screws self-taught self-taught art self-titled self-torment self-torture

self-treatment self-treatments self-uned self-view self-whispered self-will (current term) self-willed self-worship self-worth self acceptance

self administration self antigen self bow self care self cloning self colour self colours

Literary usage of Self-will

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"The character of Mr. self-will. OW I saw that they all went on in their talk ; for, after Mr. Great-heart had made an end with Mr. . ..."

2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The own self-will must die away, and shine, Risin» thru'death, in saving will divine; And, from the opposition which it tries ..."

3. Theologia Germanica: Which Setteth Forth Many Fair Lineaments of Divine by Franckforter, Franz Pfeiffer, Susanna Winkworth (1857)
"Wherefore God bath created self-will^ feeing that it is fo contrary to Him. W fome may afk: "fince this tree, to wit, self-will, is fo contrary to God and ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
""self will and self worship" which Bishop Stubbs justly attributes to her father. And, in the well- weighed words of Hallam, " she was too deeply imbued ..."

5. Select Discourses by John Smith, Simon Patrick, John Worthington (1821)
"Of self-will, and the many evils that flow from ii. ... The highest and noblest victories are those over our self-will and passions. ..."

6. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"SELF WILL. There plant eye*, all mist from thence ... SELF WILL signifies the will in one's self: SELF CONCEIT, the concert of one's self: SELF ..."

7. Modern Classical Philosophers: Selections Illustrating Modern Philosophy by Benjamin Rand (1908)
"By these characteristics, by the surrender of self-will, of property, ... But the individual even when thus stripped, retains his outer self-will, ..."

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