Read this excerpt from Rousseau’s Confessions Book I and answer the question. The affection they entertained for each other was almost as early as their existence; at eight or nine years old they walked together every evening on the banks of the Treille, and before they were ten, could not support the idea of separation. A natural sympathy of soul confined those sentiments of predilection which habit at first produced; born with minds susceptible of the most exquisite sensibility and tenderness, it was only necessary to encounter similar dispositions; that moment fortunately presented itself, and each surrendered a willing heart.

Context helps readers guess that predilection in this passage describes something that a person might .

want to avoid
be indifferent about
find uninteresting
have a fondness for