What is "incitation"

Incitation \In`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. incitatio: cf. F. incitation.]

1. The act of inciting or moving to action.

2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.

   The noblest incitation to honest attempts.
   --Tatler.

n. 1 The act of inciting or moving to action. 2 (context obsolete English) Something that incites to action; a stimulus or incentive.

1. n. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action [syn: incitement, provocation]

2. an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: incitement]