Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)incitation, incitementan act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating“the incitement of mutiny”
(n)provocation, incitementneeded encouragement“the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation”
(n)incitement, incitation, provocationsomething that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action