1) Bent 2) Bias 3) Favourite 4) Favouritism 5) Fondness 6) Leaning 7) Liking 8) Preference 9) Propensity 10) Taste 11) Tendency 1) Bent 2) French word used in English 3) Inclination 4) Liking 5) Predilection 6) Preference 7) Strong inclination 8) Strong inclination or liking 9) Strong liking 10) Taste 
• (n.) A game like bezique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together. • (n.) Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
Pen`chant' noun [ French, from pencher to bend, from (assumed) Late Latin pendicare , Latin pendere . See Pendant .] Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art. 
strong inclination a liking 
a strong liking[Intelligent words] a strong liking