An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others:
— He had an inclination to give up too easily.

synonyms: disposition, tendency.

Roget 176: tendency; aptness, aptitude; proneness, proclivity, bent, turn, tone, bias, set, leaning to, predisposition, inclination, propensity, susceptibility; conatus [Lat.], nisus [Lat.]; liability etc. 177; quality, nature, temperament; idiocrasy^†, idiosyncrasy; cast, vein, grain; humor, mood; drift etc. (direction) 278; conduciveness, conducement^†; applicability etc. (utility) 644; subservience etc. (instrumentality) 631.    ... show more

Roget 602: willingness, voluntariness etc. adj.^†; willing mind, heart.    disposition, inclination, leaning, animus; frame of mind, humor, mood, vein; bent etc. (turn of mind) 820; penchant etc. (desire) 865; aptitude etc. 698.    docility, docibleness^†; persuasibleness^†, persuasibility^†; pliability etc. (softness) 324.    geniality, cordiality; goodwill; alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness; eagerness etc. (desire) 865.    asset etc. 488; compliance etc. 762; pleasure etc. (will) 600; gratuitous service.    labor of love; volunteer, volunteering.    ... show more

Roget 897: love; fondness etc. adj.; liking; inclination etc. (desire) 865; regard, dilection^†, admiration, fancy.    affection, sympathy, fellow-feeling; tenderness etc. adj.; heart, brotherly love; benevolence etc. 906; attachment.    yearning, eros, tender passion, amour; gyneolatry^†; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry.    Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship etc. 902; amourette^†; free love.    maternal love, storge [Gr.], parental love; young love, puppy love.    attractiveness; popularity; favorite etc. 899.    lover, suitor, follower, admirer, adorer, wooer, amoret^†, beau, sweetheart, inamorato [It], swain, young man, flame, love, truelove; leman^†, Lothario, gallant, paramour, amoroso^†, cavaliere servente [It], captive, cicisbeo^†; caro sposo [It].    inamorata, ladylove, idol, darling, duck, Dulcinea, angel, goddess, cara sposa [It].    betrothed, affianced, fiancee.    flirt, coquette; amorette^†; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone^†.    ... show more

Dutch: aandrang, aandrift, geneigdheid, inclinatie, neiging
Polish: ciągoty, pociąg, predylekcja, inklinacja, skłonność, słabość, instynkt

astronomy The angle between the plane of the orbit and the plane of the ecliptic stated in degrees.

synonym: inclination of an orbit.

geometry The angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis).

synonym: angle of inclination.

Dutch: glooiing, inclinatie
Polish: inklinacja

physics The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon.

synonyms: angle of dip, dip, magnetic dip, magnetic inclination.

That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical:
— He walked with a heavy inclination to the right.

synonyms: lean, leaning, list, tilt.

Roget 217: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness etc. adj.; slopeness^†; leaning etc. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion etc. 243; bend etc. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa.    acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd^†, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity^†; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe [Fr.]; facilis descensus averni [Lat.].    ... show more

Roget 865: desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need, exigency.    mind, inclination, leaning, bent, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection; propensity etc. 820; willingness etc. 602; liking, love, fondness, relish.    longing, hankering, inkling; solicitude, anxiety; yearning, coveting; aspiration, ambition, vaulting ambition; eagerness, zeal, ardor, empressement [Fr.], breathless impatience, overanxiety; impetuosity, etc. 825.    appetite, appetition^†, appetence^†, appetency^†; sharp appetite, keenness, hunger, stomach, twist; thirst, thirstiness; drouth, mouthwatering; itch, itching; prurience, cacoethes [Lat.], cupidity, lust, concupiscence.    edge of appetite, edge of hunger; torment of Tantalus; sweet tooth, lickerish tooth^†; itching palm; longing eye, wistful eye, sheep's eye.    [excessive desire for money] greed etc. 817.1. voracity etc. (gluttony) 957.    passion, rage, furore^†, mania, manie^†; inextinguishable desire; dipsomania, kleptomania.    [Person who desires] lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant etc. 957.    [Object of desire] desideratum; want etc. (requirement) 630; a consummation devoutly to be wished;" attraction, magnet, allurement, fancy, temptation, seduction, fascination, prestige, height of one's ambition, idol; whim, whimsy, whimsey^†; maggot; hobby, hobby-horse.    Fortunatus's cap; wishing cap, wishing stone, wishing well.    ... show more

Polish: nachylenie, spadzistość, spad

A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect:
— The alkaline inclination of the local waters.

synonym: tendency.

Polish: tendencja

The act of inclining; bending forward:
— An inclination of his head indicated his agreement.

synonym: inclining.

Dutch: buiging, knik
Polish: pochylanie, nachylanie, skłanianie, przychylanie, schylanie, chylenie