Sentence:  Because he interprets the primitive state of man as one of mere potentiality or capacity and believes that Adam and Eve were created as children , Irenaeus often seems <WSD>inclined</WSD> to extenuate their disobedience as being `` due , no doubt , to carelessness , but still wicked '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency