1. PROPEN'SION
2. PROPENS'ITY, noun [Latin propensio.]
3. 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.
4. It requires critical nicety to find out the genius or propensions of a child.
5. Natural tendency; as the propension of bodies to a particular place.
6. [In a moral sense, propensity is now chiefly used.]