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Wilful

Wilful, deliberate conduct of a person who is a free agent, knows that he is doing and intends to do what he is doing, Dictionary of Law by L.B. Curzon, p. 361. See also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means 'governed by Will without yielding to reason or without regard to reason; obstinately or perversely self-willed, Webster's Third New International Dictionary, p. 2617; see also Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means intentional; not incidental or involuntary.Wilful means done intentionally, knowingly, and purposely, without justifiable excuse as distingui-shed from an act done carelessly; thoughtlessly, heedlessly or inadvertently;In common parlance word wilful is used in sense of intentional, as distinguished from accidental or involuntary, Word and Phrases, Chordia Automobiles v. S. Moosa, (2000) 3 SCC 282.Means an act or omission which is done voluntarily and intentionally and with the specific intent to do something the law forbids or with the...


Carelessness

The quality or state of being careless heedlessness negligence inattention...


Discreet

Possessed of discernment especially in avoiding error or evil and in the adaptation of means to ends prudent sagacious judicious not rash or heedless cautious...


Disregardful

Neglect negligent heedless regardless...


Disregardfully

Negligently heedlessly...


Forgetter

One who forgets a heedless person...


freewheeling

acting heedless of consequences acting without controls external or internal as freewheeling foolishness...


Harebrained

Wild giddy volatile heedless...


Heedless

Without heed or care inattentive careless thoughtless unobservant...


Inadvertent

Not turning the mind to a matter heedless careless negligent inattentive...


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