Disposition

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: dis=po=si=tion

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Disposition, n.
1 (often foll. by to) a natural tendency; an inclination; a person's temperament (a happy disposition; a disposition to overeat).
2 a setting in order; arranging. b the relative position of parts; an arrangement.
3 (usu. in pl.) a Mil. the stationing of troops ready for attack or defence. b preparations; plans.
4 a a bestowal by deed or will. b control; the power of disposing.
5 ordinance, dispensation.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L dispositio (as DIS-, ponere posit- place)

THESAURUS

Disposition

a thing for, abalienation, abandonment, abjuration, administration, affinity, alienation, allocation, allotment, amortization, amortizement, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, apportionment, approach, aptitude, aptness, arrangement, array, arraying, assignation, assignment, attack, attitude, authority, bargain and sale, barter, battle array, being, bent, bequeathal, bestowal, bias, blueprint, blueprinting, body-build, brand, calculation, cast, cession, character, characteristic, characteristics, charting, choice, civil government, claws, clearance, close formation, clutches, collation, collocation, command, command function, complexion, composition, conation, conatus, conception, concord, conduciveness, conferment, conferral, consignation, consignment, constituents, constitution, contrivance, control, controlling, conveyance, conveyancing, crasis, decision, decision-making, deeding, delight, deliverance, delivery, demise, deployment, deportation, deposit, deposition, design, desire, detachment, determination, device, dharma, diathesis, direction, disbursal, disbursement, discard, discarding, discipline, discretion, disjunction, dispensation, dispersion, disposal, distribution, dole, doling, doling out, dominion, dumping, eagerness, eccentricity, echelon, ejection, elimination, empery, empire, emplacement, enfeoffment, enterprise, envisagement, eradication, ethos, exchange, executive function, exile, expatriation, expulsion, fancy, feeling for, fiber, figuring, foresight, forethought, forgoing, form, form of government, formation, formulation, forswearing, frame, frame of mind, free choice, free will, game, genius, getting rid of, giving, giving out, giving up, governance, government, grain, graphing, grip, ground plan, grouping, guidelines, habit, hand, hands, harmony, hue, humor, humors, idea, identity, idiosyncrasy, ilk, inclination, inclining, individualism, individuality, intention, iron hand, issuance, jettison, junking, jurisdiction, kidney, kind, lading, layout, leaning, lease and release, letting go, liability, liking, lineup, liquidation, loading, localization, locating, location, long-range plan, lust, make, makeup, management, mapping, marshaling, master plan, mental set, method, methodology, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, mood, nature, objective, officiation, open order, operations research, order, order of battle, ordering, organization, ostracism, outlawing, outlawry, oversight, packing, passing around, passion, paying out, peace, penchant, personality, physique, pinpointing, placement, placing, plan, planning, planning function, pleasure, political organization, polity, positioning, posting, power, prearrangement, predilection, predisposition, prejudice, probability, procedure, proclivity, program, program of action, proneness, propensity, property, proportion, purge, putting, quality, quiet, quietude, raj, rationalization, readiness, recantation, reference, regime, regimen, regimentation, regnancy, regularity, regulation, reign, release, relegation, relinquishment, removal, renunciation, reposition, resignation, resolution, retraction, riddance, routine, rule, sacrifice, sale, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, scrapping, sensitivity to, sequence, set, settlement, settling, setup, severance, sexual desire, situation, slant, soft spot, somatotype, sort, sovereignty, spirit, spotting, stamp, stationing, storage, stowage, strain, strategic plan, strategy, streak, stripe, structure, structuring, suchness, supervision, surrender, susceptibility, suspension, sway, swearing off, symmetry, syntax, system, system of government, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, talons, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, the big picture, the picture, tone, trading, tranquillity, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, tropism, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, uniformity, vein, velleity, vesting, volition, warp, way, weakness, will, will power, willingness, wish, withdrawal, working plan, yielding

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Disposition

Willingness

N willingness, voluntariness, willing mind, heart, disposition, inclination, leaning, animus, frame of mind, humor, mood, vein, bent, penchant, aptitude, docility, docibleness, persuasibleness, persuasibility, pliability, geniality, cordiality, goodwill, alacrity, readiness, earnestness, forwardness, eagerness, asset, compliance, pleasure, gratuitous service, labor of love, volunteer, volunteering, willing, minded, fain, disposed, inclined, favorable, favorably- minded, favorably inclined, favorably disposed, nothing loth, in the vein, in the mood, in the humor, in the mind, ready, forward, earnest, eager, bent upon, predisposed, propense, docile, persuadable, persuasible, suasible, easily persuaded, facile, easy-going, tractable, genial, gracious, cordial, cheering, hearty, content, voluntary, gratuitous, spontaneous, unasked &c (ask), unforced, willingly, fain, freely, as lief, heart and soul, with pleasure, with all one's heart, with open arms, with good will, with right will, de bonne volonte, ex animo, con amore, heart in hand, nothing loth, without reluctance, of one's own accord, graciously, with a good grace, a la bonne heure, by all means, by all manner of means, to one's heart's content, yes.

Intrinsicality

N intrinsicality, inbeing, inherence, inhesion, subjectiveness, ego, egohood, essence, noumenon, essentialness, essential part, quintessence, incarnation, quiddity, gist, pith, marrow, core, sap, lifeblood, backbone, heart, soul, important part, principle, nature, constitution, character, type, quality, crasis, diathesis, habit, temper, temperament, spirit, humor, grain, disposition, endowment, capacity, capability, moods, declensions, features, aspects, peculiarities, idiosyncrasy, oddity, idiocrasy, diagnostics, derived from within, subjective, intrinsic, intrinsical, fundamental, normal, implanted, inherent, essential, natural, innate, inborn, inbred, ingrained, inwrought, coeval with birth, genetous, haematobious, syngenic, radical, incarnate, thoroughbred, hereditary, inherited, immanent, congenital, congenite, connate, running in the blood, ingenerate, ingenite, indigenous, in the grain, bred in the bone, instinctive, inward, internal, to the manner born, virtual, characteristic, invariable, incurable, incorrigible, ineradicable, fixed, intrinsically, at bottom, in the main, in effect, practically, virtually, substantially, au fond, fairly, character is higher than intellect, come give us a taste of your quality, magnos homines virtute metimur non fortuna, non numero haec judicantur sed pondere, vital spark of heavenly flame.

Order

N order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres, gradation, progression, series, subordination, course, even tenor, routine, method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness, rank, place, orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place, neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c (confuse), arranged, in order, methodically, in turn, in its turn, by steps, step by step, by regular steps, by regular gradations, by regular stages, by regular intervals, seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods, natura non facit saltum, order is heaven's first law, order from disorder sprung, ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribue.

Arrangement

N arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter, arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic, In vast cumbrous array.

Affections

N affections, affect, character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, temper, temperament, diathesis, idiosyncrasy, cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul, predilection, turn, natural turn of mind, bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency, vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle, sympathy, soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man, heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood, heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis, secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart, inmost heart, inmost soul, backbone, passion, pervading spirit, ruling passion, master passion, furore, fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul, energy, fervor, fire, force, affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast, attempered, tempered, framed, predisposed, prone, inclined, having a bias, tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with, inborn, inbred, ingrained, deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate, pathoscopic, congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain, affective, in one's heart, at heart, heart and soul, affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffe.