Bent administration (9)

I believe the answer is:
direction
I believe this clue is a double definition.
'bent' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)
'administration' is the second definition.
(I've seen this before)
(Other definitions for direction that I've seen before include "Trend, tendency" , "Course in which something is travelling" , "Command" , "The way in which something is moving" , "Administration" .)