fractiousness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

fractiousness
    n 1: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of
         discipline [syn: {unruliness}, {fractiousness},
         {willfulness}, {wilfulness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fractious \Frac"tious\, a. [Cf. Prov. E. frack forward, eager,
   E. freak, fridge; or Prov. E. fratch to squabble, quarrel.]
   Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross;
   snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious
   horse.

   Syn: Snappish; peevish; waspish; cross; irritable; perverse;
        pettish. -- {Frac"tious*ly}, v. -- {Frac"tious*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]