Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an inclination or desire;
used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices';
- Example: "eventually the family left the house to the devices of this malevolent force"- Example: "the children were left to their own devices"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
devices
n 1: an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase
`left to your own devices'; "eventually the family left the
house to the devices of this malevolent force"; "the
children were left to their own devices"