incitement (n.)

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

    [ Syn: incitation ]

  2. needed encouragement; the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation

    [ Syn: provocation ]

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

    [ Syn: incitation , provocation ]

  4. the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

    [ Syn: exhortation ]

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