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willful
deliberate, voluntary, or intentional: The coroner ruled the death willful murder. -
flanagan
Edward Joseph ("Father Flanagan") 1886–1948, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, born in Ireland: founder of a farm village for wayward boys. -
froward
willfully contrary; not easily managed: to be worried about one's froward, intractable child. -
naughty
improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word. -
perverse
willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; contrary. -
prodigal son
a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him.