incitation

Other forms: incitations

Definitions of incitation
  1. noun
    an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
    synonyms: incitement
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    type of:
    arousal, rousing
    the act of arousing
  2. noun
    something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    synonyms: incitement, provocation
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    types:
    signal
    any incitement to action
    type of:
    mental energy, psychic energy
    an actuating force or factor
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