intention

noun

• 1a thing intended; an aim or plan:she was full of good intentions [with infinitive]:he announced his intention to stand for re-election
• [mass noun] the action or fact of intending:intention is just one of the factors that will be considered
• (someone's intentions) a person’s plans, especially a man’s, in respect to marriage:if his intentions aren’t honourable, I never want to see him again

• 2 Medicine the healing process of a wound. See first intention, second intention.

• 3 (intentions) Logic conceptions formed by directing the mind towards an object.