Incitement Definition & Meaning

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

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