The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-will \Self`-will"\, n. [AS. selfwill.] One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being willful and ignoring opposition.
WordNet
n. resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires [syn: stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness]
the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior [syn: self-control, self-possession, possession, willpower, self-command]
Usage examples of "self-will".
But Mrs Lopez never for a moment forgot that she had done the mischief,--and that the black enduring cloud had been created solely by her own perversity and self-will.
I'm still afflicted with just enough self-will to decline to live by utter non sequiturs, as opposed to just good old cliches, I'm taking the liberty of light amendment.
There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind.
There, he had learnt to distinguish between the steadiness of principle and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind.