nature the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"
willingness cheerful compliance; "he expressed his willingness to help"
involuntariness,
unwillingness the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
predisposition a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
proneness being disposed to do something; "accident proneness"
separatism a disposition toward schism and secession from a larger group; the principles and practices of separatists; "separatism is a serious problem in Quebec"; "demands for some form of separatism on grounds of religion have been perceived as a threat to mainstream education"
disposition -
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"
mental attitude,
attitude a theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"
direction a general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts"; "his ideals determined the direction of his career"; "they proposed a new direction for the firm"
trend,
drift,
movement a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
call (sports) the decision made by an umpire or referee; "he was ejected for protesting the call"
denominationalism the tendency, in Protestantism, to separate into religious denominations or to advocate such separations
devices an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices'; "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the children were left to their own devices"
sympathy,
understanding an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion; "his sympathies were always with the underdog"; "I knew I could count on his understanding"
bent,
set a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
literalism the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature
perseveration the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it
predisposition a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
human action,
human activity,
deed,
act a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"
appointment (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated part of the trust to her church by appointment"
comb-out the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people; "the department got a good comb-out"
giving disposing of property by voluntary transfer without receiving value in return; "the alumni followed a program of annual giving"
abandonment the voluntary surrender of property (or a right to property) without attempting to reclaim it or give it away
