Fro"ward*ness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Froward \Fro"ward\, a. [Fro + -ward. See {Fro}, and cf.
   {Fromward}.]
   Not willing to yield or compIy with what is required or is
   reasonable; perverse; disobedient; peevish; as, a froward
   child.
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         A froward man soweth strife.             --Prov. xvi.
                                                  28.
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         A froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing
         as innovation.                           --Bacon.

   Syn: Untoward; wayward; unyielding; ungovernable: refractory;
        obstinate; petulant; cross; peevish. See {Perverse}. --
        {Fro"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Fro"ward*ness}, n.
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