instigation

[ in-sti-gey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act of instigating; incitement.

  2. an incentive.

Origin of instigation

1
1375–1425; late Middle English <Latin instīgātiōn- (stem of instīgātiō). See instigate, ion

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