"incitement" in the noun sense
1. incitation, incitement
an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
"the incitement of mutiny"
2. provocation, incitement
needed encouragement
"the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
3. incitement, incitation, provocation
something that incites or provokes a means of arousing or stirring to action
4. exhortation, incitement
the act of exhorting an earnest attempt at persuasion
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