Definition of intention

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Intention (n.) A determination to act in a certain way or to do a certain thing; purpose; design; as, an intention to go to New York..

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Design :: Design (n.) Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design..
Malignant :: Malignant (a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
Well-meaner :: Well-meaner (n.) One whose intention is good.
Intention :: Intention (n.) Any mental apprehension of an object.
Scope :: Scope (n.) That at which one aims; the thing or end to which the mind directs its view; that which is purposed to be reached or accomplished; hence, ultimate design, aim, or purpose; intention; drift; object..
Design :: Design (n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; -- often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
Accidentally :: Accidentally (adv.) In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially.
Intentionality :: Intentionality (n.) The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design.
Aim :: Aim (v. i.) Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
Intent :: Intent (n.) The act of turning the mind toward an object; hence, a design; a purpose; intention; meaning; drift; aim..
Lost :: Lost (v. t.) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally; not to be found; missing; as, a lost book or sheep..
Import :: Import (n.) That which a word, phrase, or document contains as its signification or intention or interpretation of a word, action, event, and the like..
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
Morality :: Morality (n.) The relation of conformity or nonconformity to the moral standard or rule; quality of an intention, a character, an action, a principle, or a sentiment, when tried by the standard of right..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) The act of taking one's own life voluntary and intentionally; self-murder; specifically (Law), the felonious killing of one's self; the deliberate and intentional destruction of one's own life by a person of years of discretion and of sound mind..
Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) To occur, fall, or come between, points of time, or events; as, an instant intervened between the flash and the report; nothing intervened ( i. e., between the intention and the execution) to prevent the undertaking..
Express :: Express (a.) Directly and distinctly stated; declared in terms; not implied or left to inference; made unambiguous by intention and care; clear; not dubious; as, express consent; an express statement..
Wantonly :: Wantonly (adv.) Unintentionally; accidentally.
Balk :: Balk (v. t.) To miss intentionally; to avoid; to shun; to refuse; to let go by; to shirk.
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