waywardness
noun [ U ] disapproving uk/ˈweɪ.wəd.nəs/ us/ˈweɪ.wɚd.nəs/
（尤指某人的行为）反复无常，任性，难以管束
the quality of being wayward (= doing only what you want, in a way that is difficult to control)
He was a man of professional brilliance but personal waywardness. 他是一个在专业上很有才华，但在个人生活方面却反复无常的人。
Denied a proper childhood and family life, she behaves with increasing waywardness. 被剥夺了适当的童年和家庭生活，她的行为越来越任性。
See: wayward
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- I'm not losing my chance because of your waywardness.
- She sees her own destructive life in her daughter's new-found waywardness.
- His waywardness might be a sign of ignorance or confusion.