tendency

noun

1. an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others"he had an inclination to give up too easily"
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"
4. a general direction in which something tends to move"the shoreward tendency of the current"