wilful

Modifies a noun

• misconduct: Traditionally, English Courts have taken a restrictive view on what amounts to wilful misconduct.
• disobedience: It is not wilful disobedience - it is just that people get biased in terms of making money.
• neglect: This cannot be equated with wilful neglect of a child.
• blindness: There seems to be a wilful blindness toward the need for such certification.
• defiance: We have a right to expect that sentences will reflect the damage done to our social fabric by wilful defiance of the law.
• non-compliance: There appear to have been few cases of wilful non-compliance or evasion.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: Second, the almost wilful refusal to accept evidence which challenged the thrust of the Bill.
• not: That it is not wilful is not of relevance.
• so: If you are so wilful as to reject the counsel of your friends, you must be allowed to cater for yourself.
• very: Angie behaves in a very aggressive, violent way, and is very wilful, and hyperactive.
• often: It is often prompted by neglect, often wilful, which has brought a building to a critical state.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: It may accordingly seem wilful to suggest that Richard II here evokes contemporary parallel.