Verb: to feel willing or likely to do something, or to bend or lean in a particular direction. Noun: a slope or slanted surface.
From Latin 'inclinare' meaning 'to bend, cause to lean', from 'in-' (toward) and 'clinare' (to lean). It moved from physical leaning to mental or emotional leaning.
Your ‘inclinations’ are the directions your mind naturally leans. The physical and mental meanings are twins: a hill inclines downward, and a person inclines toward certain choices.
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