intention

noun

• 1a thing intended; an aim or plan:she was full of good intentions [with infinitive]:Ukraine and Kazakhstan have both declared their intention to be nuclear-free
• the action or fact of intending:intention is just one of the factors that will be considered
• (one's intentions) a person’s designs, especially a man’s, in respect to marriage:if his intentions aren’t honorable, I never want to see him again

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