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inclination

in.cli.na.tion \.in-kl*-'na--sh*n, .in-\ \-shn*l, -sh*n-*l\ n 1: an act or 
   the action of bending or inclining : as  1a: BOW, NOD  1b: a tilting of 
   something  obs  2a: natural disposition : CHARACTER  2b: PROPENSITY, BENT; 
   esp : LIKING  3a: a deviation from the true vertical or horizontal : SLANT; 
   al so : the degree of such deviation 3b: an inclined surface : SLOPE  3c1: 
   the angle determined by two lines or planes  3c2: the angle made by a line 
   with the x-axis measured counterclockwise fro m the positive direction of 
   that axis 4: a tendency to a particular aspect, state, character, or action 
    - in.cli.na.tion.al aj