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provocationnoun something that arouses a strong response from anothera patient man who gets angry only from the greatest of provocations excitement, incitation, incitement, instigation encouragement, galvanization, goad, incentive, inducement, jog, prod, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulusenticement, lureinduction, inspiration, motivationaggravation, annoyance, bother, exasperation, frustration, hassle, headache, irritant, nuisance, peeve, pest subduing something that arouses action or activityready to retaliate at the slightest provocation boost, encouragement, goad, impetus, impulse, incentive, incitation, incitement, instigation, momentum, motivation, spur, stimulant, stimulus, yeast inducement, invitationantecedent, cause, consideration, grounds, motive, occasion, reasoncatalyst, catalyzer, fuel, spark shot in the arm counterincentive, disincentive in the 14th century |