rare. [f. prec. + -HOOD.] Willingness, readiness of mind (esp. as a personal quality or disposition).
1880. W. M. Taylor, Gosp. Mirac., 225. Everything is made to depend on the willinghood of the individual to be blessed.
1890. Spencer, Plea for Liberty, Introd. 7. Suppose now that this industrial régime of willinghood … is replaced by a régime of industrial obedience.
1892. Independent, 29 April, 285/2. Surely the spread of Christ’s kingdom is not to be hindered simply for want of willinghood on the part of those who profess His name.
