Noun
1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others;
"he had an inclination to give up too easily""a tendency to be too strict"2. an inclination to do something;
"he felt leanings toward frivolity"3. a characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect;
"the alkaline inclination of the local waters""fabric with a tendency to shrink"4. a general direction in which something tends to move;
"the shoreward tendency of the current""the trend of the stock market"