inclination
/ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ nom C2En français : inclination
- A physical tilt or bend. · The inclination of his head increased and he awoke with a start.
- A slant or slope. · The road up to the house had a steep inclination.
- A tendency. · His inclination to drink escalated to alcoholism.
- The angle of intersection of a reference plane. · The astronomer calculated the inclination of the equator or ecliptic of Earth and the orbital planes of each visible heavenly body.· Artillery must take account of a weapon's precise inclination.
Pluriel inclinations
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Such as at the commencement of the repast had not been able to seat themselves according to their inclination rose unceremoniously, and sought out more agreeable companions.
That he was really fond of Jane, she doubted no more than she had ever done; and much as she had always been disposed to like him, she could not think without anger, hardly without contempt, on that easiness of temper, that want of proper resolution, which now made him the slave of his designing friends, and led him to sacrifice his own happiness to the caprice of their inclinations.
That was Marilla’s exclusive duty; if it had been his he would have been worried over frequent conflicts between inclination and said duty.
Darcy is neither by honour nor inclination confined to his cousin, why is not he to make another choice?
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