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Noun: incitement  in'sIt-munt
  1. An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
    "the incitement of mutiny";
    - incitation
     
  2. Needed encouragement
    - provocation
     
  3. Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    - incitation, provocation
     
  4. The act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
    - exhortation

Derived forms: incitements

Type of: arousal, encouragement, mental energy, persuasion, psychic energy, rousing, suasion [rare]

Encyclopedia: Incitement