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Propension

PROPEN'SION
PROPENS'ITY, n. [L. propensio.]
1. Bent of mind, natural or acquired; inclination; in a moral sense; disposition to any thing good or evil, particularly to evil; as a propensity to sin; the corrupt propensity of the will.
It requires critical nicety to find out the genius or propensions of a child.
2. Natural tendency; as the propension of bodies to a particular place.
[In a moral sense, propensity is now chiefly used.]
propension appears in definitions for these words:
Inclinable Inclination Incline Proneness Propension Sympathy Unaptness

 

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