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Noun: instigation  `in-stu'gey-shun
  1. The verbal act of urging on
    - abetment, abettal
     
  2. Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
    - fomentation

Derived forms: instigations

See also: instigate

Type of: encouragement, induction, initiation, trigger

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