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The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition. "Penitence of his old guilt." Chaucer. Death is deferred, and penitenance has room To mitigate, if not reverse, the doom. Dryden.

A disposition to take the least hopeful view of things.

The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.

The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; as, pliability of disposition. "Pliability of movement." Sir W. Scott.

Flexible in disposition; readily yielding to influence, arguments, persuasion, or discipline; easy to be persuaded; -- sometimes in a bad sense; as, a pliable youth. "Pliable she promised to be." Dr. H. More. -- Pli"a*ble*ness, n. -- Pli"a*bly, adv.

Pertaining to, or exhibiting, poles; having a polar arrangement or disposition; arising from, or dependent upon, the possession of poles or polar characteristics; as, polaristic antagonism.

The position of the body; the situation or disposition of the several parts of the body with respect to each other, or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the position of a figure with regard to the several principal members by which action is expressed; attitude. Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was…

e quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.

A previous liking; a prepossession of mind in favor of something; predisposition to choose or like; partiality. Burke.

The state of being predisposed; predisposition. [R.]

To dispose or incline beforehand; to give a predisposition or bias to; as, to predispose the mind to friendship.

Fig.: to search to the bottom; to scrutinize or examine thoroughly. Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. Hallam.

Inclination of mind, heart, or temper; propension; disposition; as, proneness to self-gratification.

The quality or state of being propense; natural inclination; disposition to do good or evil; bias; bent; tendency. "A propensity to utter blasphemy." Macaulay.

Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.

An insane disposition to incendiarism.

Hence, characteristic quality or disposition. [Obs.] And now I give my sensual race the rein. Shak. Some . . . great race of fancy or judgment. Sir W. Temple.

The disposition of the roots of a plant.

Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts xxi. 13. If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. Milton.