waywardness /ˈweɪ.wə(ɹ)d.nəs/ noun1 •The state or quality of being wayward.He made no offer of molestation or sociability, but kept aloof on one side of the road, jogging along on the blind side of old Gunpowder, who had now got over his fright and waywardness. — 1820 formswaywardnesses