noun
1. an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating (Freq. 3)
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the incitement of mutiny
• Syn: ↑incitation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑incite, ↑incite (for: ↑incitation)
2. needed encouragement (Freq. 1)
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the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
• Syn: ↑provocation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑incite, ↑provoke (for: ↑provocation)
• Hypernyms: ↑encouragement
• Hyponyms: ↑subornation
3. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
• Syn: ↑incitation, ↑provocation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑provoke (for: ↑provocation), ↑incite (for: ↑incitation), ↑incite
• Hypernyms: ↑psychic energy, ↑mental energy
• Hyponyms: ↑signal
4. the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
• Syn: ↑exhortation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑exhort (for: ↑exhortation)
• Hypernyms: ↑persuasion, ↑suasion
• Hyponyms: ↑pep talk
Useful english dictionary. 2012.