'Incitation' definitions:
Definition of 'incitation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: incitement, incitation, provocation]
noun
An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: incitation, incitement]
Definition of 'Incitation'
From: GCIDE
- Incitation \In`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of inciting or moving to action. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive. [1913 Webster]
- The noblest incitation to honest attempts. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]