1. (

• incitation ,
• incitement ,

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

2. (

• provocation ,
• incitement ,

) needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation" ;

3. (

• incitement ,
• incitation ,
• provocation

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

4. (

• exhortation ,
• incitement

) the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion ;