an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; the incitement of mutiny

[ Syn: incitation ]

needed encouragement; the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation

[ Syn: provocation ]

something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

[ Syn: incitation , provocation ]

the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

[ Syn: exhortation ]