inclination

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Formerly, he seems to have inclined to reply to them in the negative, while now his inclination is the other way.

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  1. noun The act of inclining or the state of being inclined; a bend or tilt: The inclination of the child's head suggested sleep.
  2. noun A deviation or the degree of deviation from the horizontal or vertical; a slant: the steep inclination of a roof.
  3. noun An inclined surface; a slope.
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  • And you can find the names of all the governors who waited up till midnight or whenever to commute them if the inclination was there. —  The Twelfth Card
  • As to inclination, I feel as strongly as any man can as to the way in which Mr. Gladstone has done this thing, and all my inclination is therefore to follow you, where affection also leads. —  The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Vol. 2
  • A woman, persuaded that she has done everything possible to defend herself against an inclination which is urging her on, satisfied with the combats in which she has been engaged, finally reaches the opinion that her resistance can not prevail against the power of love. —  Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos, the Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century
  • In 2004 I was intoxication free for some time (a saintly man gave me shelter), I had begun the spiritual and yoga path and my mind began to heal (this inclination was my intuition since about the age of 21 - spirituality / vocational call - initially I travelled in hopes of becoming a buddhist monk in South East Asia, or to do some charity or some good). —  recent posts - blip.tv (beta)
  • This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. —  CathNews
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disposition ·  impulse ·  wish ·  tendency ·  affection ·  ambition ·  intention ·  curiosity ·  urge ·  attachment ·  enthusiasm ·  appetite

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inclination:   inclinations
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  1. from Middle English inclinacioun = French inclinaison, inclination = Provencal enclinatio = Spanish inclinacion = Portuguese inclinação = Italian inchinazione, inclinazione, from Latin inclinatio(n-), a leaning, bending, inclining, from inclinare, lean upon: see incline.
 

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/ɪnklɪˈneɪʃən/
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