Definition of Incitation

1. Noun. Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action.

Exact synonyms: Incitement, Provocation
Generic synonyms: Mental Energy, Psychic Energy
Specialized synonyms: Signal
Derivative terms: Incite, Incite, Incite, Incite, Provoke, Provoke, Provoke

2. Noun. An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating. "The incitement of mutiny"
Exact synonyms: Incitement
Generic synonyms: Arousal, Rousing
Derivative terms: Incite, Incite, Incite

Definition of Incitation

1. n. The act of inciting or moving to action.

Definition of Incitation

1. Noun. The act of inciting or moving to action. ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) Something that incites to action; a stimulus or incentive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incitation

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Incitation

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Literary usage of Incitation

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

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1780)
"There are two terminations of incitation ; ift, ... On the contrary, the lefs incitation has been produced, ..."

2. An Exposition of the Creed: With an Appendix, Containing the Principal Greek by John Pearson, William Stephen Dobson (1853)
"Nor can there be a greater incitation to obedience, than the consideration of the nature of his government. Subject we must be, whether we will or no : but ..."

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