Cases of word usage

1) (a tendency towards) a sudden change of mind or behaviour that has no obvious cause (caprice)

2) the tendency to pass characteristics on to children etc (heredity)

3) a liking or tendency (inclination)

4) (an audience of) the natural tendency to behave in a certain way without reasoning or training (instinct)

5) a tendency (leaning)

6) the most important or chief kind, tendency etc (mainstream)

7) untruthfulness; a tendency to be untruthful (mendacity)

8) (stretched out, lying) face downwards; having a tendency (to) (prone)

9) a natural tendency (propensity)

10) the strong feeling of disgust; the tendency of bodies to repel each other (repulsion)