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Definition of "wilful" []

  • Variant of willful. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wilful" in a sentence
  • "In the select committee today, Adrian Sanders asked the Murdochs if they were familiar with the term 'wilful blindness'."
  • "15.41 James Murdoch is asked is he is aware of the term "wilful blindness" as used in the Enron scandal."
  • "'Now, Miss Holman, that's what I call wilful,' said Holdsworth, as she gave them to him."