incitement Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

In*cite"ment noun
Etymology
Cf. F. incitement.
Definitions
  1. The act of inciting.
  2. That which incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke.
    From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope.
    Syn. -- Motive; incentive; spur; stimulus; impulse; encouragement.

Webster 1913