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provocation

1.	(noun) needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"
	Synonyms: incitement
	Related Words: encouragement, subornation

2.	(noun) a means of arousing or stirring to action
	Synonyms: incitement
	Related Words: mental energy, psychic energy, signal

3.	(noun) unfriendly behavior that aggravates or irritates someone
	Synonyms: aggravation, irritation
	Related Words: aggression, aggro, taunt, taunting, twitting