Intent or intention refers an agent's specific purpose in performing an action or series of actions. Intent or intention may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Intention (book), a 1957 book by the philosopher G. E. M. Anscombe Intention (film), a South Korean documentary film about the sinking of the MV Sewol "Intention" (song), a 2008 song by Kenichi Suzumura "Intention" (Intelligent Music Project song), the Bulgarian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 Computing and technology Intent (Android), an abstract description of an operation to be performed in the Android development environment Intent (software), Tao Group's software platform Law Intention (criminal law), intent or knowledge of wrongdoing, a necessary element of some crimes Intention in English law, a type of mens rea that partially constitutes a crime Original intent, a theory of legal interpretation Other uses Intent (military), a capability in military doctrine See also Goal (disambiguation) Intend (disambiguation) Mens rea Objective (disambiguation) Purpose (disambiguation)