incitation

Found in thesaurus: mental energy, psychic energy, arousal, rousing

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incitation
n. rousing to action, provocation, instigation

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Incitement
Incitement was an offence under the common law of England and Wales. It was an inchoate offence. It consisted of persuading, encouraging, instigating, pressuring, or threatening so as to cause another to commit a crime.

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incitation

Noun
1. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
(synonym) incitement, provocation
(hypernym) psychic energy, mental energy
(hyponym) signal
(derivation) motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite
2. an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny"
(synonym) incitement
(hypernym) arousal, rousing
(derivation) prod, incite, egg on


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incitation
nf. incitement, motivation, prompting; abetment, agitation, instigation, inducement

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Incitation
(n.)
The act of inciting or moving to action.
  
 
(n.)
That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
  

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