waywardness
Noun
Meaning
waywardness (countable and uncountable, plural waywardnesses)
The quality of being wayward.
Synonyms
caprice
naughtiness
rebellion
aberration
defiance
eccentricity
insubordination
perversity
noncompliance
impulsiveness
flightiness
randomness
rebelliousness
indiscipline
intractability
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Examples
Envy is the deformed and distorted offspring of egotism And when we reflect on the strange and disproportioned character of the parent, we cannot wonder at the perversity and waywardness of the child.