self-will
Meaning
The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.
Synonyms
acting as one likes
Translations
ισχυρογνωμοσύνη
ostinazione
albedrío
entestament testarrudesa força de voluntat
Eigensinnigkeit entercament Selbstüberwindung Willensäußerung tossudesaEtymology
In summary
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.
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