<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--XBRL Document Created with the Workiva Platform-->
<!--Copyright 2026 Workiva-->
<!--r:019ecc06-2d93-74b1-8316-2245d74e9a55,g:4ff66112-d24c-46c3-905f-313e6d5a3690-->
<link:linkbase xmlns:link="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xbrldt="http://xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.xbrl.org/2003/linkbase http://www.xbrl.org/2003/xbrl-linkbase-2003-12-31.xsd">
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#all"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#hypercube-dimension"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-default"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#dimension-domain"/>
  <link:arcroleRef arcroleURI="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.xbrl.org/2005/xbrldt-2005.xsd#domain-member"/>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/Cover" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#Cover"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/Cover" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7b89-bcde-2f4079b61ee2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019ecc06-2d93-71d3-8327-ec9adc275f70" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_DocumentInformationTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7b89-bcde-2f4079b61ee2" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019ecc06-2d93-71d3-8327-ec9adc275f70" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7790-b110-8be89287c115" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationTable_019ecc06-2d93-71d3-8327-ec9adc275f70" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7790-b110-8be89287c115" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7790-b110-8be89287c115_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7790-b110-8be89287c115" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7790-b110-8be89287c115_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7c0a-81a2-77063310dbdf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7790-b110-8be89287c115" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7c0a-81a2-77063310dbdf" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-74b6-9b4c-53f74e70f29d" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7c0a-81a2-77063310dbdf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-74b6-9b4c-53f74e70f29d" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_DocumentType_019ecc06-2d93-7633-a33b-8bc8d5f6f52f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_DocumentType"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7b89-bcde-2f4079b61ee2" xlink:to="loc_dei_DocumentType_019ecc06-2d93-7633-a33b-8bc8d5f6f52f" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_019ecc06-2d93-72e8-9cc4-986de3788286" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityRegistrantName"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7b89-bcde-2f4079b61ee2" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityRegistrantName_019ecc06-2d93-72e8-9cc4-986de3788286" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_019ecc06-2d93-7d30-b0a1-f88d9d62620f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_AmendmentFlag"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7b89-bcde-2f4079b61ee2" xlink:to="loc_dei_AmendmentFlag_019ecc06-2d93-7d30-b0a1-f88d9d62620f" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_019ecc06-2d93-7625-93c8-0234875a7a0c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityCentralIndexKey"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_DocumentInformationLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7b89-bcde-2f4079b61ee2" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityCentralIndexKey_019ecc06-2d93-7625-93c8-0234875a7a0c" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/StatementsofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefits" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#StatementsofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefits"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/StatementsofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefits" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7550-8116-673ca4eba1cc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable_019ecc06-2d93-77b1-a8fb-708c84e48eb1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7550-8116-673ca4eba1cc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable_019ecc06-2d93-77b1-a8fb-708c84e48eb1" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-93ff-6c57f639140b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable_019ecc06-2d93-77b1-a8fb-708c84e48eb1" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-93ff-6c57f639140b" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-93ff-6c57f639140b_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-93ff-6c57f639140b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-93ff-6c57f639140b_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7657-9350-11433e9adc2b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-93ff-6c57f639140b" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7657-9350-11433e9adc2b" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7c1d-9a0c-2eaf26d28a6f" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7657-9350-11433e9adc2b" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7c1d-9a0c-2eaf26d28a6f" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7a89-9679-f7a6bfcba138" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7550-8116-673ca4eba1cc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7a89-9679-f7a6bfcba138" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue_019ecc06-2d93-71dc-9e3f-157ded1d59db" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7a89-9679-f7a6bfcba138" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue_019ecc06-2d93-71dc-9e3f-157ded1d59db" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f89-86bb-3abf81608297" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7a89-9679-f7a6bfcba138" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f89-86bb-3abf81608297" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipant_019ecc06-2d93-75c4-a6ae-35d31979effe" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipant"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f89-86bb-3abf81608297" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipant_019ecc06-2d93-75c4-a6ae-35d31979effe" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantContributionReceivable_019ecc06-2d93-7433-ac9d-1ace398dadb6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantContributionReceivable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f89-86bb-3abf81608297" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantContributionReceivable_019ecc06-2d93-7433-ac9d-1ace398dadb6" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionReceivable_019ecc06-2d93-71e7-9bd4-081d9e5a857b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionReceivable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f89-86bb-3abf81608297" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionReceivable_019ecc06-2d93-71e7-9bd4-081d9e5a857b" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivable_019ecc06-2d93-7a68-b9f8-582def12ccd4" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivableAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f89-86bb-3abf81608297" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReceivable_019ecc06-2d93-7a68-b9f8-582def12ccd4" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAsset_019ecc06-2d93-74a5-a5d5-788cf337c45a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAsset"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7a89-9679-f7a6bfcba138" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAsset_019ecc06-2d93-74a5-a5d5-788cf337c45a" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiabilityAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77db-a4ff-fe100f9a6907" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiabilityAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7550-8116-673ca4eba1cc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiabilityAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77db-a4ff-fe100f9a6907" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayable_019ecc06-2d93-720b-a902-62d566751936" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiabilityAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77db-a4ff-fe100f9a6907" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayable_019ecc06-2d93-720b-a902-62d566751936" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiability_019ecc06-2d93-7046-b804-882d05c1eb0a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiability"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiabilityAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77db-a4ff-fe100f9a6907" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanLiability_019ecc06-2d93-7046-b804-882d05c1eb0a" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d93-7fca-b1f6-7a402c2707ba" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7550-8116-673ca4eba1cc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d93-7fca-b1f6-7a402c2707ba" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/StatementofChangesinNetAssetsAvailableforBenefits" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#StatementofChangesinNetAssetsAvailableforBenefits"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/StatementofChangesinNetAssetsAvailableforBenefits" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7da3-8e93-a537bbcef914" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable_019ecc06-2d93-7665-9135-012175078a88" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7da3-8e93-a537bbcef914" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable_019ecc06-2d93-7665-9135-012175078a88" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-72eb-b807-1d9b55993541" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitTable_019ecc06-2d93-7665-9135-012175078a88" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-72eb-b807-1d9b55993541" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-72eb-b807-1d9b55993541_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-72eb-b807-1d9b55993541" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-72eb-b807-1d9b55993541_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7aa7-9f5f-29795ddc26fc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-72eb-b807-1d9b55993541" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7aa7-9f5f-29795ddc26fc" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-776a-b76d-281d588eec83" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7aa7-9f5f-29795ddc26fc" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-776a-b76d-281d588eec83" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7d95-b25e-c0c94cb3522b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7da3-8e93-a537bbcef914" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7d95-b25e-c0c94cb3522b" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestmentAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-771f-9bc6-da313b22f3ff" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestmentAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7d95-b25e-c0c94cb3522b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestmentAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-771f-9bc6-da313b22f3ff" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForGainLossOnInvestment_019ecc06-2d93-7d4a-bf70-1c257bc764b6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForGainLossOnInvestment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestmentAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-771f-9bc6-da313b22f3ff" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForGainLossOnInvestment_019ecc06-2d93-7d4a-bf70-1c257bc764b6" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForInterestAndDividendIncomeOnInvestment_019ecc06-2d93-734e-98ca-9498eacd7b6f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForInterestAndDividendIncomeOnInvestment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestmentAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-771f-9bc6-da313b22f3ff" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForInterestAndDividendIncomeOnInvestment_019ecc06-2d93-734e-98ca-9498eacd7b6f" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestment_019ecc06-2d93-77a4-b190-c9b26d465eb6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestmentAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-771f-9bc6-da313b22f3ff" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForIncomeLossOnInvestment_019ecc06-2d93-77a4-b190-c9b26d465eb6" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForInterestIncomeOnNoteReceivableFromParticipant_019ecc06-2d93-7719-b59d-e1c3d64a6b13" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForInterestIncomeOnNoteReceivableFromParticipant"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7d95-b25e-c0c94cb3522b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForInterestIncomeOnNoteReceivableFromParticipant_019ecc06-2d93-7719-b59d-e1c3d64a6b13" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77fc-a252-e36aae2751c1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7d95-b25e-c0c94cb3522b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77fc-a252-e36aae2751c1" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForEmployerContribution_019ecc06-2d93-7cfb-b3e1-2e83f686668e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForEmployerContribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77fc-a252-e36aae2751c1" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForEmployerContribution_019ecc06-2d93-7cfb-b3e1-2e83f686668e" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForParticipantContributionExcludingRollover_019ecc06-2d93-72e1-8ed5-5167bc1f7615" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForParticipantContributionExcludingRollover"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77fc-a252-e36aae2751c1" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForParticipantContributionExcludingRollover_019ecc06-2d93-72e1-8ed5-5167bc1f7615" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForParticipantContributionRollover_019ecc06-2d93-7109-bbb8-d69d74635cac" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForParticipantContributionRollover"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77fc-a252-e36aae2751c1" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForParticipantContributionRollover_019ecc06-2d93-7109-bbb8-d69d74635cac" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContribution_019ecc06-2d93-7ed5-9596-8d4e809feaf1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-77fc-a252-e36aae2751c1" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseForContribution_019ecc06-2d93-7ed5-9596-8d4e809feaf1" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncrease_019ecc06-2d93-7090-963f-8a0e63d76b49" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncrease"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7d95-b25e-c0c94cb3522b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncrease_019ecc06-2d93-7090-963f-8a0e63d76b49" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f30-a15e-79d536b503bf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7da3-8e93-a537bbcef914" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f30-a15e-79d536b503bf" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForPaymentToParticipant_019ecc06-2d93-7c5f-9dcb-ee9b1c8295f9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForPaymentToParticipant"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f30-a15e-79d536b503bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForPaymentToParticipant_019ecc06-2d93-7c5f-9dcb-ee9b1c8295f9" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense_019ecc06-2d93-7224-b399-afe5253d76a0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f30-a15e-79d536b503bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense_019ecc06-2d93-7224-b399-afe5253d76a0" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecrease_019ecc06-2d93-77bf-bae8-2b750601f49d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecrease"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseAbstract_019ecc06-2d93-7f30-a15e-79d536b503bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecrease_019ecc06-2d93-77bf-bae8-2b750601f49d" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecrease_019ecc06-2d93-7161-8893-d9476852c3bd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecrease"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7da3-8e93-a537bbcef914" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecrease_019ecc06-2d93-7161-8893-d9476852c3bd" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d93-77a5-aef5-61ab42717588" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanStatementOfChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7da3-8e93-a537bbcef914" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d93-77a5-aef5-61ab42717588" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d93-73ad-b12d-7b06455bccfc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/DescriptionofthePlan" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#DescriptionofthePlan"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/DescriptionofthePlan" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7eb7-8819-abce66efa460" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7735-905e-14f1b4d8aed6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7eb7-8819-abce66efa460" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7735-905e-14f1b4d8aed6" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-762b-b2dc-52d1785cdd46" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7735-905e-14f1b4d8aed6" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-762b-b2dc-52d1785cdd46" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-762b-b2dc-52d1785cdd46_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-762b-b2dc-52d1785cdd46" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-762b-b2dc-52d1785cdd46_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-753a-9028-39e66dccf9d8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-762b-b2dc-52d1785cdd46" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-753a-9028-39e66dccf9d8" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-785d-a66a-ca16bc16d3fc" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-753a-9028-39e66dccf9d8" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-785d-a66a-ca16bc16d3fc" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-75a5-9507-a5384c6279e8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7eb7-8819-abce66efa460" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-75a5-9507-a5384c6279e8" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPolicies" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-74ab-aeff-de50d30a961f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-7121-9526-ec6b60922ebf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-74ab-aeff-de50d30a961f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-7121-9526-ec6b60922ebf" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7240-8fbd-8bd3f0d01e24" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-7121-9526-ec6b60922ebf" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7240-8fbd-8bd3f0d01e24" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7240-8fbd-8bd3f0d01e24_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7240-8fbd-8bd3f0d01e24" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7240-8fbd-8bd3f0d01e24_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-9d58-48b1b60f7d6a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7240-8fbd-8bd3f0d01e24" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-9d58-48b1b60f7d6a" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7658-9ab0-9fbd9b91b936" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7ec3-9d58-48b1b60f7d6a" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7658-9ab0-9fbd9b91b936" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanSummaryOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7e59-9db1-d13457471487" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanSummaryOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-74ab-aeff-de50d30a961f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanSummaryOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7e59-9db1-d13457471487" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/PlanTermination" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#PlanTermination"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/PlanTermination" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7233-851d-17c0e3fd69d1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7135-aa25-72ad720c2b6c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7233-851d-17c0e3fd69d1" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7135-aa25-72ad720c2b6c" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70ee-8b12-cd823ad2107e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7135-aa25-72ad720c2b6c" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70ee-8b12-cd823ad2107e" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-70ee-8b12-cd823ad2107e_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70ee-8b12-cd823ad2107e" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-70ee-8b12-cd823ad2107e_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7f38-aa27-8c43ea97cb15" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70ee-8b12-cd823ad2107e" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7f38-aa27-8c43ea97cb15" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7fa1-b3e0-7094bc02fab1" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7f38-aa27-8c43ea97cb15" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7fa1-b3e0-7094bc02fab1" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanPlanTerminationTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7de8-9622-82760cf71ea8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanPlanTerminationTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7233-851d-17c0e3fd69d1" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanPlanTerminationTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7de8-9622-82760cf71ea8" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/TaxStatus" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#TaxStatus"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/TaxStatus" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-735d-928b-b009228c2c17" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTable_019ecc06-2d93-72b6-9dfc-f9c01afb62aa" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-735d-928b-b009228c2c17" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTable_019ecc06-2d93-72b6-9dfc-f9c01afb62aa" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-726d-b870-6fd1a9a408d8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTable_019ecc06-2d93-72b6-9dfc-f9c01afb62aa" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-726d-b870-6fd1a9a408d8" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-726d-b870-6fd1a9a408d8_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-726d-b870-6fd1a9a408d8" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-726d-b870-6fd1a9a408d8_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7559-98fc-925ee5d8ef43" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-726d-b870-6fd1a9a408d8" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7559-98fc-925ee5d8ef43" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-79cb-b5c8-6d722a5372b8" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7559-98fc-925ee5d8ef43" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-79cb-b5c8-6d722a5372b8" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7f15-907d-5e4d31a333c8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-735d-928b-b009228c2c17" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanTaxStatusTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7f15-907d-5e4d31a333c8" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/RelatedPartiesandPartiesInInterestTransactions" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#RelatedPartiesandPartiesInInterestTransactions"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/RelatedPartiesandPartiesInInterestTransactions" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-70a6-ad76-9da9e025ec0f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7219-9702-6e9ab814bb5f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-70a6-ad76-9da9e025ec0f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7219-9702-6e9ab814bb5f" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70a5-b482-a77e65eb37fd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7219-9702-6e9ab814bb5f" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70a5-b482-a77e65eb37fd" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-70a5-b482-a77e65eb37fd_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70a5-b482-a77e65eb37fd" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-70a5-b482-a77e65eb37fd_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-740e-b661-8e7633b788c0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70a5-b482-a77e65eb37fd" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-740e-b661-8e7633b788c0" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7961-ad43-69dd3c640e9e" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-740e-b661-8e7633b788c0" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7961-ad43-69dd3c640e9e" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7a99-a76b-e5f05897506a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-70a6-ad76-9da9e025ec0f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7a99-a76b-e5f05897506a" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/FairValueMeasurements" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#FairValueMeasurements"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/FairValueMeasurements" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7048-90d5-da656555a599" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d93-7b2f-9c2a-9b51efe48f15" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7048-90d5-da656555a599" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d93-7b2f-9c2a-9b51efe48f15" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-73f1-a190-3727fb46fff8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d93-7b2f-9c2a-9b51efe48f15" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-73f1-a190-3727fb46fff8" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-73f1-a190-3727fb46fff8_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-73f1-a190-3727fb46fff8" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-73f1-a190-3727fb46fff8_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-727c-be60-946e28cda66c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-73f1-a190-3727fb46fff8" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-727c-be60-946e28cda66c" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7991-8202-2f73d24122e4" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-727c-be60-946e28cda66c" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7991-8202-2f73d24122e4" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7ee2-b395-0f40387785f9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7048-90d5-da656555a599" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7ee2-b395-0f40387785f9" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7e09-973b-a3c7ba0c3319" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-77c1-81d3-5ae2086aa122" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7e09-973b-a3c7ba0c3319" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-77c1-81d3-5ae2086aa122" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7ba1-aec4-d6f7ed6adc13" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-77c1-81d3-5ae2086aa122" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7ba1-aec4-d6f7ed6adc13" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7ba1-aec4-d6f7ed6adc13_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7ba1-aec4-d6f7ed6adc13" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7ba1-aec4-d6f7ed6adc13_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7576-9980-719b64bfe419" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7ba1-aec4-d6f7ed6adc13" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7576-9980-719b64bfe419" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7485-9eae-56ea9e7ba554" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7576-9980-719b64bfe419" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7485-9eae-56ea9e7ba554" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500TextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-71c5-bf5a-6316b81f3c0f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500TextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7e09-973b-a3c7ba0c3319" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500TextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-71c5-bf5a-6316b81f3c0f" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SubsequentEvents" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#SubsequentEvents"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SubsequentEvents" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d85-9150-08ae403e8023" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventTable_019ecc06-2d94-7906-95c1-de2406bd0129" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d85-9150-08ae403e8023" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventTable_019ecc06-2d94-7906-95c1-de2406bd0129" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-743d-9709-3d537ffb8e85" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventTable_019ecc06-2d94-7906-95c1-de2406bd0129" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-743d-9709-3d537ffb8e85" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-743d-9709-3d537ffb8e85_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-743d-9709-3d537ffb8e85" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-743d-9709-3d537ffb8e85_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b11-98b7-acfc22f7e75e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-743d-9709-3d537ffb8e85" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b11-98b7-acfc22f7e75e" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7073-b38e-a70c24a26068" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b11-98b7-acfc22f7e75e" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7073-b38e-a70c24a26068" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanSubsequentEventTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7fbc-9c84-66977b4f0f16" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanSubsequentEventTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpSubsequentEventLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d85-9150-08ae403e8023" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanSubsequentEventTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7fbc-9c84-66977b4f0f16" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYear" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYear"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYear" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7724-b666-baacd1b62ee4" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-77ab-ab77-d291b6b5e953" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7724-b666-baacd1b62ee4" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-77ab-ab77-d291b6b5e953" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75f3-9c4e-1d3a6019bd90" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-77ab-ab77-d291b6b5e953" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75f3-9c4e-1d3a6019bd90" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-75f3-9c4e-1d3a6019bd90_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75f3-9c4e-1d3a6019bd90" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-75f3-9c4e-1d3a6019bd90_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7ca5-852a-a9321e194a3f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75f3-9c4e-1d3a6019bd90" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7ca5-852a-a9321e194a3f" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7369-bb44-2113889c6d6a" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7ca5-852a-a9321e194a3f" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7369-bb44-2113889c6d6a" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTableTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7804-894d-e1923a87ca05" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTableTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7724-b666-baacd1b62ee4" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTableTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7804-894d-e1923a87ca05" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesPolicies" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesPolicies"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesPolicies" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-72ec-b4ea-b7a60fc04966" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-72ec-b4ea-b7a60fc04966" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7499-b1ed-455e2814edec" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-72ec-b4ea-b7a60fc04966" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7499-b1ed-455e2814edec" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7499-b1ed-455e2814edec_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7499-b1ed-455e2814edec" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7499-b1ed-455e2814edec_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7492-8bb5-f371f0d2df7f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7499-b1ed-455e2814edec" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7492-8bb5-f371f0d2df7f" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7dc3-8bf6-e7f54ebbce92" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7492-8bb5-f371f0d2df7f" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7dc3-8bf6-e7f54ebbce92" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanBasisOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7e22-a2a9-70956ae464d8" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanBasisOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanBasisOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7e22-a2a9-70956ae464d8" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-717d-9cac-f6302277c7f4" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-717d-9cac-f6302277c7f4" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-725a-ab9f-0ff3a2c390c2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-725a-ab9f-0ff3a2c390c2" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanContributionPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7494-8872-6d4992b5c314" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanContributionPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanContributionPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7494-8872-6d4992b5c314" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayablePolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7b3c-a42a-bb440213f05b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayablePolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayablePolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7b3c-a42a-bb440213f05b" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanPaymentToParticipantPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7863-8124-9317ce375eb6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanPaymentToParticipantPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanPaymentToParticipantPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7863-8124-9317ce375eb6" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanUseOfEstimatePolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7856-80d9-1592431cf4d4" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanUseOfEstimatePolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanUseOfEstimatePolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7856-80d9-1592431cf4d4" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpRiskAndUncertaintyPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7937-ae72-6b4e74cb2451" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EbpRiskAndUncertaintyPolicyTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7330-a2f1-6a400fd705fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpRiskAndUncertaintyPolicyTextBlock_019ecc06-2d93-7937-ae72-6b4e74cb2451" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/DescriptionofthePlanTables" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#DescriptionofthePlanTables"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/DescriptionofthePlanTables" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc3e-c265-79ac-ac82-6dcd1ca5be81" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc3e-c265-7763-a7d9-64e21960a436" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc3e-c265-79ac-ac82-6dcd1ca5be81" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc3e-c265-7763-a7d9-64e21960a436" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc3e-c265-7e65-bfe6-39dfd58fb004" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc3e-c265-7763-a7d9-64e21960a436" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc3e-c265-7e65-bfe6-39dfd58fb004" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc3e-c265-7e65-bfe6-39dfd58fb004_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc3e-c265-7e65-bfe6-39dfd58fb004" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc3e-c265-7e65-bfe6-39dfd58fb004_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc3e-c265-7910-9c16-9460962e1c69" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc3e-c265-7e65-bfe6-39dfd58fb004" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc3e-c265-7910-9c16-9460962e1c69" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc3e-c265-77f3-8907-69ed1fce38e2" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc3e-c265-7910-9c16-9460962e1c69" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc3e-c265-77f3-8907-69ed1fce38e2" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingTableTextBlock_019ecc3e-c265-7536-8cdd-35169a46d00e" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingTableTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc3e-c265-79ac-ac82-6dcd1ca5be81" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingTableTextBlock_019ecc3e-c265-7536-8cdd-35169a46d00e" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsTables" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#FairValueMeasurementsTables"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsTables" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-72f1-8334-20e53111acd5" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-74eb-a76e-d09d6ba87c98" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-72f1-8334-20e53111acd5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-74eb-a76e-d09d6ba87c98" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-773f-9c9f-8b868ff5d19e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-74eb-a76e-d09d6ba87c98" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-773f-9c9f-8b868ff5d19e" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-773f-9c9f-8b868ff5d19e_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-773f-9c9f-8b868ff5d19e" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-773f-9c9f-8b868ff5d19e_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7cbe-b220-04b7049313d9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-773f-9c9f-8b868ff5d19e" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7cbe-b220-04b7049313d9" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7194-8e81-c058f7b47cb7" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7cbe-b220-04b7049313d9" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7194-8e81-c058f7b47cb7" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTableTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-72d0-9a32-2af77036d77e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTableTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-72f1-8334-20e53111acd5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTableTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-72d0-9a32-2af77036d77e" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500Tables" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500Tables"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500Tables" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c10-99ee-f18574bcfcdc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-79b1-a77c-c1e1a97cebe3" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c10-99ee-f18574bcfcdc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-79b1-a77c-c1e1a97cebe3" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7c0d-880b-b04583d8d408" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-79b1-a77c-c1e1a97cebe3" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7c0d-880b-b04583d8d408" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c0d-880b-b04583d8d408_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7c0d-880b-b04583d8d408" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c0d-880b-b04583d8d408_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7581-912b-d287b3618484" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7c0d-880b-b04583d8d408" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7581-912b-d287b3618484" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7276-ac86-afb83eba95f3" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7581-912b-d287b3618484" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7276-ac86-afb83eba95f3" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500TableTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7f47-b0d4-a5ec93ad45b1" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500TableTextBlock"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c10-99ee-f18574bcfcdc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500TableTextBlock_019ecc06-2d94-7f47-b0d4-a5ec93ad45b1" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/DescriptionofthePlanDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#DescriptionofthePlanDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/DescriptionofthePlanDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7427-869e-c715f64b8558" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7427-869e-c715f64b8558" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7830-9737-7f2925cf400d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7427-869e-c715f64b8558" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7830-9737-7f2925cf400d" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7830-9737-7f2925cf400d_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7830-9737-7f2925cf400d" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7830-9737-7f2925cf400d_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-77f1-b50f-394f6be80fc9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7830-9737-7f2925cf400d" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-77f1-b50f-394f6be80fc9" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-78f6-aa81-c3b49ad00304" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-77f1-b50f-394f6be80fc9" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-78f6-aa81-c3b49ad00304" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodAxis_019ecc17-26d2-7a5f-9e16-d6036882a4a5" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriodAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7427-869e-c715f64b8558" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodAxis_019ecc17-26d2-7a5f-9e16-d6036882a4a5" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7a5f-9e16-d6036882a4a5_default" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodAxis_019ecc17-26d2-7a5f-9e16-d6036882a4a5" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7a5f-9e16-d6036882a4a5_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodAxis_019ecc17-26d2-7a5f-9e16-d6036882a4a5" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod1Member_019ecc17-67bb-79e3-aa2c-0b36444500f8" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriod1Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod1Member_019ecc17-67bb-79e3-aa2c-0b36444500f8" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod2Member_019ecc17-8f3d-7b3d-9f10-8a685286007e" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriod2Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod2Member_019ecc17-8f3d-7b3d-9f10-8a685286007e" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod3Member_019ecc17-bda9-7791-966a-be42ed4c7899" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriod3Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod3Member_019ecc17-bda9-7791-966a-be42ed4c7899" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod4Member_019ecc17-e238-7986-b34e-fd606148bb87" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriod4Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod4Member_019ecc17-e238-7986-b34e-fd606148bb87" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod5Member_019ecc18-019b-7631-9e23-b8975efe47d5" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriod5Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod5Member_019ecc18-019b-7631-9e23-b8975efe47d5" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod6Member_019ecc18-1d8b-7d8a-9e9d-051d4d66d49a" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPVestingPeriod6Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriodDomain_019ecc17-26d2-7c5b-a0f9-8cb029ee04e4" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPVestingPeriod6Member_019ecc18-1d8b-7d8a-9e9d-051d4d66d49a" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc1b-fc15-7704-9278-f7d0bd36fd78" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTable_019ecc06-2d93-7427-869e-c715f64b8558" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc1b-fc15-7704-9278-f7d0bd36fd78" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc1b-fc15-7704-9278-f7d0bd36fd78_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc1b-fc15-7704-9278-f7d0bd36fd78" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc1b-fc15-7704-9278-f7d0bd36fd78_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc1b-fc15-7ffa-bb73-2b7b986d63eb" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc1b-fc15-7704-9278-f7d0bd36fd78" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc1b-fc15-7ffa-bb73-2b7b986d63eb" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_MaximumMember_019ecc1c-2912-7add-9171-37130918e60e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_MaximumMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc1b-fc15-7ffa-bb73-2b7b986d63eb" xlink:to="loc_srt_MaximumMember_019ecc1c-2912-7add-9171-37130918e60e" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_MinimumMember_019ecc1c-6fac-74f2-83f8-647ff957711a" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_MinimumMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc1b-fc15-7ffa-bb73-2b7b986d63eb" xlink:to="loc_srt_MinimumMember_019ecc1c-6fac-74f2-83f8-647ff957711a" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPRequisiteServicePeriod_019ecc2d-b259-72c4-a863-bae774bb712a" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPRequisiteServicePeriod"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPRequisiteServicePeriod_019ecc2d-b259-72c4-a863-bae774bb712a" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionMatchingPercentage_019ecc0f-3142-73b4-b826-dbe699115d72" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionMatchingPercentage"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionMatchingPercentage_019ecc0f-3142-73b4-b826-dbe699115d72" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionParticipantCompensationMatchedPercentage_019ecc0f-6107-76f2-8f0c-581b0be42987" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionParticipantCompensationMatchedPercentage"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerContributionParticipantCompensationMatchedPercentage_019ecc0f-6107-76f2-8f0c-581b0be42987" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantContributionPretaxMaximumAnnualCompensationToTotalCompensationPercentage_019ecc11-25b2-774c-8427-d31b70450a97" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantContributionPretaxMaximumAnnualCompensationToTotalCompensationPercentage"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantContributionPretaxMaximumAnnualCompensationToTotalCompensationPercentage_019ecc11-25b2-774c-8427-d31b70450a97" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionEffectiveMatchingPercentage_019ecc13-476b-7ace-b502-f6b40affb42d" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPEmployerContributionEffectiveMatchingPercentage"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionEffectiveMatchingPercentage_019ecc13-476b-7ace-b502-f6b40affb42d" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingServicePeriod_019ecc13-ce0e-7833-b69a-ce5c1544b6cc" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingServicePeriod"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingServicePeriod_019ecc13-ce0e-7833-b69a-ce5c1544b6cc" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingPercentage_019ecc13-fc72-74d1-b8d1-5014c49a4126" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingPercentage"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPEmployerContributionVestingPercentage_019ecc13-fc72-74d1-b8d1-5014c49a4126" xlink:type="arc" order="6"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPParticipantContributionAutomaticAnnualIncreaseDeferralRate_019ecc1d-0e99-7150-9dd5-eec7971eeb73" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPParticipantContributionAutomaticAnnualIncreaseDeferralRate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPParticipantContributionAutomaticAnnualIncreaseDeferralRate_019ecc1d-0e99-7150-9dd5-eec7971eeb73" xlink:type="arc" order="7"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMinimumBorrowingAmount_019ecc1d-8c12-725e-bad6-4660cd622562" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMinimumBorrowingAmount"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMinimumBorrowingAmount_019ecc1d-8c12-725e-bad6-4660cd622562" xlink:type="arc" order="8"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMaximumBorrowingAmount_019ecc1d-a1bf-77a0-8e6b-af93ec758f8b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMaximumBorrowingAmount"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMaximumBorrowingAmount_019ecc1d-a1bf-77a0-8e6b-af93ec758f8b" xlink:type="arc" order="9"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMaximumBorrowingToTotalAccountPercentage_019ecc1d-d1b8-70f2-a81f-b747f35d5f5d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMaximumBorrowingToTotalAccountPercentage"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountMaximumBorrowingToTotalAccountPercentage_019ecc1d-d1b8-70f2-a81f-b747f35d5f5d" xlink:type="arc" order="10"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPNoteReceivableFromParticipantGeneralLoanBorrowingTerm_019ecc1e-3f84-7a62-b971-72c85a7e0c8b" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPNoteReceivableFromParticipantGeneralLoanBorrowingTerm"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPNoteReceivableFromParticipantGeneralLoanBorrowingTerm_019ecc1e-3f84-7a62-b971-72c85a7e0c8b" xlink:type="arc" order="11"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountPrimaryResidenceMaximumBorrowingTerm_019ecc1e-b747-7cc3-b232-0352dd183de0" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountPrimaryResidenceMaximumBorrowingTerm"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPNoteReceivableFromParticipantAccountPrimaryResidenceMaximumBorrowingTerm_019ecc1e-b747-7cc3-b232-0352dd183de0" xlink:type="arc" order="12"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPParticipantLoanBasisSpreadOnVariableRate_019ecc1e-ef77-7c00-9ad2-35093c274d92" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPParticipantLoanBasisSpreadOnVariableRate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPParticipantLoanBasisSpreadOnVariableRate_019ecc1e-ef77-7c00-9ad2-35093c274d92" xlink:type="arc" order="13"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate_019ecc1f-38b1-7356-baaf-c1e36c1322f2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate_019ecc1f-38b1-7356-baaf-c1e36c1322f2" xlink:type="arc" order="14"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPInvoluntaryCashOutLimit_019ecc1f-d220-795a-a1f4-52eef0de4f94" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPInvoluntaryCashOutLimit"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPInvoluntaryCashOutLimit_019ecc1f-d220-795a-a1f4-52eef0de4f94" xlink:type="arc" order="15"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPRetirementAge_019ecc22-a980-7e10-bece-8c6deeab9fd3" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPRetirementAge"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPRetirementAge_019ecc22-a980-7e10-bece-8c6deeab9fd3" xlink:type="arc" order="16"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccountDecreaseForEmployerContribution_019ecc23-c70d-7b60-81c1-2804a3fa9aa0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccountDecreaseForEmployerContribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccountDecreaseForEmployerContribution_019ecc23-c70d-7b60-81c1-2804a3fa9aa0" xlink:type="arc" order="17"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccountDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense_019ecc24-d5c2-7ec0-9917-d801d96eaf2c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccountDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccountDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense_019ecc24-d5c2-7ec0-9917-d801d96eaf2c" xlink:type="arc" order="18"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccount_019ecc25-2022-7cb0-9bfe-7ae3af4e5545" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccount"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7dca-be6a-51c055bcf5bf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForfeitedNonvestedAccount_019ecc25-2022-7cb0-9bfe-7ae3af4e5545" xlink:type="arc" order="19"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/SummaryofSignificantAccountingPoliciesDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7681-b99f-29c04de403fc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-7be4-9fb3-2d1a59e5acab" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7681-b99f-29c04de403fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-7be4-9fb3-2d1a59e5acab" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-79a2-9174-23c35d0eab95" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyTable_019ecc06-2d93-7be4-9fb3-2d1a59e5acab" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-79a2-9174-23c35d0eab95" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-79a2-9174-23c35d0eab95_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-79a2-9174-23c35d0eab95" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-79a2-9174-23c35d0eab95_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7fa7-bb4c-563111653929" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-79a2-9174-23c35d0eab95" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7fa7-bb4c-563111653929" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-784a-887a-e7b585a5b943" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7fa7-bb4c-563111653929" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-784a-887a-e7b585a5b943" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayable_019ecc3e-432b-7eab-a92f-93b9afe4b980" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAccountingPolicyLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7681-b99f-29c04de403fc" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanExcessContributionPayable_019ecc3e-432b-7eab-a92f-93b9afe4b980" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/RelatedPartiesandPartiesInInterestTransactionsDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#RelatedPartiesandPartiesInInterestTransactionsDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/RelatedPartiesandPartiesInInterestTransactionsDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7a4b-a208-3d512d6a9a4e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7966-89a3-311b9c41bb5e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7a4b-a208-3d512d6a9a4e" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7966-89a3-311b9c41bb5e" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-732b-b04b-6317205d08d2" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7966-89a3-311b9c41bb5e" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-732b-b04b-6317205d08d2" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-732b-b04b-6317205d08d2_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-732b-b04b-6317205d08d2" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-732b-b04b-6317205d08d2_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7608-bf1d-ce02f9276e84" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d93-732b-b04b-6317205d08d2" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7608-bf1d-ce02f9276e84" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7169-a3b9-cc830695222a" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7608-bf1d-ce02f9276e84" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d93-7169-a3b9-cc830695222a" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70e2-8e22-ebcead40f32f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7966-89a3-311b9c41bb5e" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70e2-8e22-ebcead40f32f" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain_019ecc06-2d93-70e2-8e22-ebcead40f32f_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70e2-8e22-ebcead40f32f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain_019ecc06-2d93-70e2-8e22-ebcead40f32f_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7694-9285-6458a0647227" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestAxis_019ecc06-2d93-70e2-8e22-ebcead40f32f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7694-9285-6458a0647227" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_ManagementResearchCompanyMember_019ecc06-2d93-70bd-ae82-bc4757d2050f" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_ManagementResearchCompanyMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7694-9285-6458a0647227" xlink:to="loc_wrld_ManagementResearchCompanyMember_019ecc06-2d93-70bd-ae82-bc4757d2050f" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_MMCSecuritiesCorporationsMember_019ecc06-2d93-7879-99dd-8f403cc13075" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_MMCSecuritiesCorporationsMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7694-9285-6458a0647227" xlink:to="loc_wrld_MMCSecuritiesCorporationsMember_019ecc06-2d93-7879-99dd-8f403cc13075" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7682-b3cb-8b32f72c5437" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7966-89a3-311b9c41bb5e" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7682-b3cb-8b32f72c5437" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d93-7682-b3cb-8b32f72c5437_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7682-b3cb-8b32f72c5437" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d93-7682-b3cb-8b32f72c5437_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d93-7132-a044-fa8404bd3798" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7682-b3cb-8b32f72c5437" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d93-7132-a044-fa8404bd3798" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember_019ecc06-2d93-70a9-9530-1ad70257eb09" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d93-7132-a044-fa8404bd3798" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember_019ecc06-2d93-70a9-9530-1ad70257eb09" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7cf2-90eb-7c3fac98a863" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsTable_019ecc06-2d93-7966-89a3-311b9c41bb5e" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7cf2-90eb-7c3fac98a863" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7cf2-90eb-7c3fac98a863_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7cf2-90eb-7c3fac98a863" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d93-7cf2-90eb-7c3fac98a863_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d93-73d1-8320-c5efaf75b03b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d93-7cf2-90eb-7c3fac98a863" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d93-73d1-8320-c5efaf75b03b" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member_019ecc06-2d93-7a03-addf-8e736959d966" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d93-73d1-8320-c5efaf75b03b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member_019ecc06-2d93-7a03-addf-8e736959d966" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense_019ecc06-2d93-746c-8401-fd43b66886d6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7a4b-a208-3d512d6a9a4e" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseForAdministrativeExpense_019ecc06-2d93-746c-8401-fd43b66886d6" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue_019ecc06-2d93-7b2f-8c47-c6768dc54d8e" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanRelatedPartyAndPartyInInterestTransactionsLineItems_019ecc06-2d93-7a4b-a208-3d512d6a9a4e" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue_019ecc06-2d93-7b2f-8c47-c6768dc54d8e" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#FairValueMeasurementsDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7b93-b96d-b46c1a435284" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-7c41-be56-bbe63b3dc57b" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7b93-b96d-b46c1a435284" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-7c41-be56-bbe63b3dc57b" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7e74-961e-e0265c6e10f9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-7c41-be56-bbe63b3dc57b" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7e74-961e-e0265c6e10f9" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7e74-961e-e0265c6e10f9_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7e74-961e-e0265c6e10f9" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7e74-961e-e0265c6e10f9_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c08-b9d0-a66b83994302" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7e74-961e-e0265c6e10f9" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c08-b9d0-a66b83994302" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-74fb-843e-332dea7d0d4b" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c08-b9d0-a66b83994302" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-74fb-843e-332dea7d0d4b" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7f30-bfb7-c4b27286f55d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-7c41-be56-bbe63b3dc57b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7f30-bfb7-c4b27286f55d" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7f30-bfb7-c4b27286f55d_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7f30-bfb7-c4b27286f55d" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7f30-bfb7-c4b27286f55d_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d94-74bf-b544-ef6560406213" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueByFairValueHierarchyLevelAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7f30-bfb7-c4b27286f55d" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d94-74bf-b544-ef6560406213" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d02-9172-6f11d2550040" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasurementsFairValueHierarchyDomain_019ecc06-2d94-74bf-b544-ef6560406213" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d02-9172-6f11d2550040" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member_019ecc06-2d94-7cd5-94cd-66d519a872e0" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d02-9172-6f11d2550040" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel1Member_019ecc06-2d94-7cd5-94cd-66d519a872e0" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member_019ecc06-2d94-7a35-b1c4-880a57a79588" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d02-9172-6f11d2550040" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel2Member_019ecc06-2d94-7a35-b1c4-880a57a79588" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member_019ecc06-2d94-730b-9c6f-9bd269898100" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d02-9172-6f11d2550040" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel3Member_019ecc06-2d94-730b-9c6f-9bd269898100" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasuredAtNetAssetValuePerShareMember_019ecc06-2d94-72b6-9fc1-20a3c1494d53" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_FairValueMeasuredAtNetAssetValuePerShareMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_FairValueInputsLevel12And3Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d02-9172-6f11d2550040" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_FairValueMeasuredAtNetAssetValuePerShareMember_019ecc06-2d94-72b6-9fc1-20a3c1494d53" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7d42-ad16-c75b7a68584f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTable_019ecc06-2d94-7c41-be56-bbe63b3dc57b" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7d42-ad16-c75b7a68584f" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d42-ad16-c75b7a68584f_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7d42-ad16-c75b7a68584f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d42-ad16-c75b7a68584f_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7364-ae75-ad3aceb84a90" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7d42-ad16-c75b7a68584f" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7364-ae75-ad3aceb84a90" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_MutualFundMember_019ecc06-2d94-7485-a448-41ae57822e4d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_MutualFundMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7364-ae75-ad3aceb84a90" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_MutualFundMember_019ecc06-2d94-7485-a448-41ae57822e4d" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember_019ecc06-2d94-7576-a49b-a3aed02ef781" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7364-ae75-ad3aceb84a90" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanEmployerCommonStockMember_019ecc06-2d94-7576-a49b-a3aed02ef781" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue_019ecc06-2d94-72bb-bbab-69db714532e9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7b93-b96d-b46c1a435284" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustFairValue_019ecc06-2d94-72bb-bbab-69db714532e9" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpFairValueInvestmentNavUnfundedCommitment_019ecc06-2d94-7f81-bc4f-9f4ad5b2ce6f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EbpFairValueInvestmentNavUnfundedCommitment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7b93-b96d-b46c1a435284" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EbpFairValueInvestmentNavUnfundedCommitment_019ecc06-2d94-7f81-bc4f-9f4ad5b2ce6f" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500ReconciliationofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefitDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500ReconciliationofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefitDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500ReconciliationofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefitDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-772d-9f5a-1b226d7b3b96" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-772d-9f5a-1b226d7b3b96" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75aa-a2b9-c4f40277eee6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-772d-9f5a-1b226d7b3b96" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75aa-a2b9-c4f40277eee6" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-75aa-a2b9-c4f40277eee6_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75aa-a2b9-c4f40277eee6" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-75aa-a2b9-c4f40277eee6_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7069-b6d8-6220e9fb21bf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-75aa-a2b9-c4f40277eee6" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7069-b6d8-6220e9fb21bf" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-8a4a-c56f9b21b49b" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7069-b6d8-6220e9fb21bf" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-8a4a-c56f9b21b49b" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d94-7dec-87ce-8f9b524f00dd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d94-7dec-87ce-8f9b524f00dd" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionParticipantLoan_019ecc06-2d94-74b8-b049-6cc31660eb8d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionParticipantLoan"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionParticipantLoan_019ecc06-2d94-74b8-b049-6cc31660eb8d" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500NoteReceivableDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-7296-b18a-c4b0d2c0292d" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500NoteReceivableDeemedDistribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500NoteReceivableDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-7296-b18a-c4b0d2c0292d" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500NetAssetAvailableForBenefitContractValueToCurrentValueAdjustment_019ecc06-2d94-7513-a148-877172343e87" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500NetAssetAvailableForBenefitContractValueToCurrentValueAdjustment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500NetAssetAvailableForBenefitContractValueToCurrentValueAdjustment_019ecc06-2d94-7513-a148-877172343e87" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPForm5500CaptionReceivablesParticipantContributionsNet_019ecc06-2d94-74e3-b6e8-ea74d4418022" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPForm5500CaptionReceivablesParticipantContributionsNet"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPForm5500CaptionReceivablesParticipantContributionsNet_019ecc06-2d94-74e3-b6e8-ea74d4418022" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d94-794a-b3db-01404cbf49bd" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionNetAssetAvailableForBenefit"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7592-b920-7bd5486637b5" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionNetAssetAvailableForBenefit_019ecc06-2d94-794a-b3db-01404cbf49bd" xlink:type="arc" order="5"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500ReconciliationofNetIncomeDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500ReconciliationofNetIncomeDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ReconciliationofFinancialStatementstoForm5500ReconciliationofNetIncomeDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-7574-9dbd-20a08368fd82" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-7574-9dbd-20a08368fd82" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7570-935c-ca710e5f6c7f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500Table_019ecc06-2d94-7574-9dbd-20a08368fd82" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7570-935c-ca710e5f6c7f" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7570-935c-ca710e5f6c7f_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7570-935c-ca710e5f6c7f" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7570-935c-ca710e5f6c7f_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c26-bb58-7888174e2633" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7570-935c-ca710e5f6c7f" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c26-bb58-7888174e2633" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7b8a-bce5-00de8f2462c2" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7c26-bb58-7888174e2633" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7b8a-bce5-00de8f2462c2" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecrease_019ecc06-2d94-79e6-8b02-6cc899433034" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecrease"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecrease_019ecc06-2d94-79e6-8b02-6cc899433034" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-7b91-99ee-69c500036359" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-7b91-99ee-69c500036359" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-789d-8629-a28e2d8dc035" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-789d-8629-a28e2d8dc035" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseFromContractValueToCurrentValue_019ecc54-89d1-741c-bf80-fa491bd6e5e0" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseFromContractValueToCurrentValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-789d-8629-a28e2d8dc035" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseFromContractValueToCurrentValue_019ecc54-89d1-741c-bf80-fa491bd6e5e0" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseFromContractValueToCurrentValue_019ecc54-89d1-766f-b709-0c588b21c9e7" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseFromContractValueToCurrentValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-789d-8629-a28e2d8dc035" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitDecreaseFromContractValueToCurrentValue_019ecc54-89d1-766f-b709-0c588b21c9e7" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-7497-adde-636a67823251" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-7497-adde-636a67823251" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantDecreaseForAllocationToWithdrawingParticipantPaid_019ecc06-2d94-7a32-8b59-d1955b4c2019" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantDecreaseForAllocationToWithdrawingParticipantPaid"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-7497-adde-636a67823251" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantDecreaseForAllocationToWithdrawingParticipantPaid_019ecc06-2d94-7a32-8b59-d1955b4c2019" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseForAllocationToWithdrawingParticipantNotYetPaid_019ecc06-2d94-7e76-b9d9-f7d6cb277d54" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseForAllocationToWithdrawingParticipantNotYetPaid"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500ChangeInNetAssetAvailableForBenefitIncreaseDecreaseForDeemedDistributionAbstract_019ecc06-2d94-7497-adde-636a67823251" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500PaymentToParticipantIncreaseForAllocationToWithdrawingParticipantNotYetPaid_019ecc06-2d94-7e76-b9d9-f7d6cb277d54" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionNetIncomeLoss_019ecc06-2d94-77f2-b890-7331ed187cf9" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionNetIncomeLoss"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanReconciliationToForm5500LineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7c4d-9705-3fee5c93d5b6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanForm5500CaptionNetIncomeLoss_019ecc06-2d94-77f2-b890-7331ed187cf9" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYearDetails" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYearDetails"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYearDetails" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b9d-84c8-f3d2aeb35728" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b9d-84c8-f3d2aeb35728" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7edd-acac-431c67c762c0" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b9d-84c8-f3d2aeb35728" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7edd-acac-431c67c762c0" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentIdentifierAxis_019ecc06-2d94-78db-a18d-ee8a1ed140b6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentIdentifierAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentIdentifierAxis_019ecc06-2d94-78db-a18d-ee8a1ed140b6" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_MutualFundMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d6b-b1de-7fbf688228d5" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_MutualFundMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_MutualFundMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d6b-b1de-7fbf688228d5" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember_019ecc06-2d94-78d1-8fc9-35e9ff20a771" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember_019ecc06-2d94-78d1-8fc9-35e9ff20a771" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_MinimumMember_019ecc33-215f-7379-9cf1-7d0a28be391f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_MinimumMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:to="loc_srt_MinimumMember_019ecc33-215f-7379-9cf1-7d0a28be391f" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_MaximumMember_019ecc33-215f-7551-a90d-07ba62c68e18" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_MaximumMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:to="loc_srt_MaximumMember_019ecc33-215f-7551-a90d-07ba62c68e18" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustCurrentValue_019ecc06-2d94-79c6-b11f-1d70b93a2e99" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustCurrentValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustCurrentValue_019ecc06-2d94-79c6-b11f-1d70b93a2e99" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate_019ecc33-215f-7875-9797-a61d6572aa56" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate_019ecc33-215f-7875-9797-a61d6572aa56" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanAfterDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-70e1-9e55-0ff900148734" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanAfterDeemedDistribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanAfterDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-70e1-9e55-0ff900148734" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestment_019ecc06-2d94-7c4e-8001-c245205a2c80" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestment_019ecc06-2d94-7c4e-8001-c245205a2c80" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanDeemedDistribution_019ed0c2-0efd-7254-863d-dc2762909fa6" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanDeemedDistribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanDeemedDistribution_019ed0c2-0efd-7254-863d-dc2762909fa6" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
  <link:roleRef roleURI="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYearDetails_1" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYearDetails_1"/>
  <link:definitionLink xlink:role="http://worldacceptance.com/role/ScheduleHLine4iScheduleofAssetsHeldAtEndofYearDetails_1" xlink:type="extended">
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/all" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:type="arc" order="1" xbrldt:closed="true" xbrldt:contextElement="segment"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_LegalEntityAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b9d-84c8-f3d2aeb35728" xlink:href="https://xbrl.sec.gov/dei/2026/dei-2026.xsd#dei_EntityDomain"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_dei_LegalEntityAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7a86-aae8-e28c12b31885" xlink:to="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b9d-84c8-f3d2aeb35728" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7edd-acac-431c67c762c0" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBP000Member"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_dei_EntityDomain_019ecc06-2d94-7b9d-84c8-f3d2aeb35728" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBP000Member_019ecc06-2d94-7edd-acac-431c67c762c0" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeAxis_019ecc06-2d94-7206-9fb2-6e75bd39c5a6" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_MutualFundMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d6b-b1de-7fbf688228d5" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_MutualFundMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_MutualFundMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d6b-b1de-7fbf688228d5" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember_019ecc06-2d94-78d1-8fc9-35e9ff20a771" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/elts/us-gaap-2026.xsd#us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap_InvestmentTypeCategorizationMember_019ecc06-2d94-7d33-a5c1-ad7dd20b21cf" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanCommonCollectiveTrustMember_019ecc06-2d94-78d1-8fc9-35e9ff20a771" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeAxis"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/hypercube-dimension" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentTable_019ecc06-2d94-7bd3-b20b-167dc4e33310" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c_default" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-default" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c_default" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_RangeMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/dimension-domain" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeAxis_019ecc33-215f-733a-bedf-2822b4b7700c" xlink:to="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_MinimumMember_019ecc33-215f-7379-9cf1-7d0a28be391f" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_MinimumMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:to="loc_srt_MinimumMember_019ecc33-215f-7379-9cf1-7d0a28be391f" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_srt_MaximumMember_019ecc33-215f-7551-a90d-07ba62c68e18" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/srt/2026/elts/srt-2026.xsd#srt_MaximumMember"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_srt_RangeMember_019ecc33-215f-7d0d-b0a0-60f545798fcc" xlink:to="loc_srt_MaximumMember_019ecc33-215f-7551-a90d-07ba62c68e18" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustCurrentValue_019ecc06-2d94-79c6-b11f-1d70b93a2e99" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustCurrentValue"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentInvestmentExcludingPlanInterestInMasterTrustCurrentValue_019ecc06-2d94-79c6-b11f-1d70b93a2e99" xlink:type="arc" order="0"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate_019ecc33-215f-7875-9797-a61d6572aa56" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanParticipantLoanInterestRate_019ecc33-215f-7875-9797-a61d6572aa56" xlink:type="arc" order="1"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanAfterDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-70e1-9e55-0ff900148734" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanAfterDeemedDistribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanAfterDeemedDistribution_019ecc06-2d94-70e1-9e55-0ff900148734" xlink:type="arc" order="2"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestment_019ecc06-2d94-7c4e-8001-c245205a2c80" xlink:href="https://xbrl.fasb.org/us-gaap/2026/ebp/elts/us-gaap-ebp-2026.xsd#us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestment"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanAssetHeldForInvestment_019ecc06-2d94-7c4e-8001-c245205a2c80" xlink:type="arc" order="3"/>
    <link:loc xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="loc_wrld_EBPAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanDeemedDistribution_019ed0c2-0efd-7254-863d-dc2762909fa6" xlink:href="wrld-20260621.xsd#wrld_EBPAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanDeemedDistribution"/>
    <link:definitionArc xlink:arcrole="http://xbrl.org/int/dim/arcrole/domain-member" xlink:from="loc_us-gaap-ebp_EmployeeBenefitPlanScheduleOfAssetHeldForInvestmentLineItems_019ecc06-2d94-7d81-9afd-20d7e9fbd5eb" xlink:to="loc_wrld_EBPAssetHeldForInvestmentParticipantLoanDeemedDistribution_019ed0c2-0efd-7254-863d-dc2762909fa6" xlink:type="arc" order="4"/>
  </link:definitionLink>
</link:linkbase>
