incitation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
    incitement; provocation.
  2. noun an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
    incitement.
    • the incitement of mutiny

WordNet

In`ci*ta"tion noun
Etymology
L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.
Definitions
  1. The act of inciting or moving to action.
  2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
    The noblest incitation to honest attempts. Tatler.

Webster 1913