Definition of Provocations

1. Noun. (plural of provocation) ¹

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Definition of Provocations

1. provocation [n] - See also: provocation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Provocations

provisor
provisorily
provisors
provisorship
provisorships
provisory
provisos
provisour
provitamin
provitamin A
provitamins
provocate
provocateur
provocateurs
provocation
provocations
provocative
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provocativeness
provocatives
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provokable
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provokements
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provokers
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Literary usage of Provocations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Will, says: "Some causes of passionate excitement are termed 'legal provocations,' while others have been declared not to be legal provocations. ..."

2. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1826)
"Patience under provocations our interest as well as ditty. THE wide circle of human society is diversified by an endless variety of characters, dispositions ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"I am ignorant, Sir, of your motives or provocations : I only know, that you have acted like a man who cuts oil' his right hand with his left. ..."

4. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best by Lindley Murray (1816)
"Patience under Provocations our Interest as well as Duty. THE wide circle of human society is diversified by an. endless variety of ..."

5. The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse from the Best Writers by Lindley Murray (1852)
"Patience under Provocations, our Interest as well as Duly THE wide circle of human society is diversified by an endless variety of characters, dispositions, ..."

6. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... Estates—Devastation and Butchery—List of Jefferson's Losses from Farm Book—The dying Slaves—• Jefferson's Provocations to such Treatment—Cornwallis's ..."

7. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1848)
"... Signal—The radicals in Berne—Victory of the Gospel—Papist Provocations—The City Companies—Proposed ..."

8. Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession of George the by Anne Hamilton (1901)
"Bitter Provocations — Poor vs. the Rich — The People Rebel — " My Lord " — A Query — Truth is Defence — German Craft and Prej udice — Horrors in Ireland ..."

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