preferring

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of prefer
2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of preferre

noun

1. A preference; the choice of something preferred.

   “He gives our preferrings the bad name of the machinery of motives, but they are just what we feel in ourselves when we decide.”