self-will

English

Etymology

From Middle English self-wil, self-wille, from Old English sylfwill, selfwill, selfwille (“self-will”), from Proto-West Germanic *selbawilljō, from Proto-Germanic *selbawiljô (“self-will”), equivalent to self- +‎ will. Cognate with Old High German selbwillo, selpwillo, Old Norse sjalfvili.

Noun

self-will (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.
    • 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America‎[1], volume 182, number 21, archived from the original on 30 August 2026:
      This Marian principle indicates that women ought to divest themselves of self-will in order to be obedient to the word of God as articulated by male spokesmen.

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