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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"