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self-will

noun

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.

  1. inherited from *selbawiljô✻
  2. inherited from *selbawilljō✻
  3. inherited from sylfwill
  4. inherited from self-wil

Definitions

  1. The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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