inclination

CEFRB2

/ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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The gradients on the western part of the line are generally easy, although there is a rise at 1 in 55 before Manorbier, and a fall at the same inclination beyond that station.
1959 October 26, H. A. Vallance, “The Pembroke & Tenby Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 668
It should be remembered, however, that [Sir Thomas] Lawrence, who was now in demand, was charging from eighty to a hundred guineas for even his smallest portraits, a sum which would have been far beyond the pocket or inclination of the canny North countryman [George Stephenson], who had little use for empty honours.
1960 February 26, H. C. P. Smail, “New portrait of George Stephenson”, in Railway Magazine, page 93

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From Middle English inclinacioun, inclinacyon, from Old French inclination and Latin inclīnātiō. Morphologically incline + -ation.