n. The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Obstinacy.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Obstinate wilfulness.
Word Usage
"Poor little dear! he has indeed a little sort of perverseness and headstrongness, as one may say, in his will: yet he is but a baby, and I hope to manage him pretty well; for he notices all I say, and every look of mine already. —"