incitement

noun

1. 1

   an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating

   the incitement of mutiny

2. 2

   the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion

3. 3

   needed encouragement

   the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation

4. 4

   something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action