incitation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

incitation
    n 1: something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or
         stirring to action [syn: {incitement}, {incitation},
         {provocation}]
    2: an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or
       instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" [syn: {incitation},
       {incitement}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Incitation \In`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. incitatio: cf. F.
   incitation.]
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   1. The act of inciting or moving to action.
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   2. That which incites to action; that which rouses or
      prompts; incitement; motive; incentive.
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            The noblest incitation to honest attempts. --Tatler.
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