Provocation

What do we mean by provocation?

The act of provoking or inciting. noun

Something that provokes. noun

The act of provoking or exciting anger or vexation. noun

Anything that excites anger; a cause of anger or resentment. noun

An appeal to a court or judge. noun

Incitement; stimulus. noun

The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger. noun

That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment. noun

Incitement; stimulus. noun

Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress. noun

An appeal to a court. A Latinism noun

The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something noun

Something that provokes; a provocative act noun

The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate. noun

Needed encouragement noun

Something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action noun

Unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment noun

The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something

Something that provokes; a provocative act

The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.

Words that are spelled similarly to provocation:
provocation, provocative, revocation, prorogation, provection, provocations, protonation, prolocution.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word provocation:
manslaughter, incitement, pretext, defendant, aggression, offence, homicide, provoked, reasonable, anger, georgian, murder, conviction, kosovo, aimed, jury, sudden, violence, tensions, defence, incident, albanian, victim, guilty, israeli, intention, abolished, accused, enemies, passion, demanded, assault, circumstances, violent, partial, crimes, protest, criminal, attack, killing, conduct, invasion, otherwise, suspended, attacked, israel, korea.

Words that rhyme with provocation:
communication, information, operation, education, implication, station, innovation, organization, application, foundation, consideration, accommodation, association, relation, connotation, aberration, corporation, aspiration, orientation, remuneration, consternation, correlation, alliteration, administration, trepidation, obligation, discrimination, generation, reconciliation, inspiration, situation, revelation, evaluation, determination, civilization, nation, vacation, collaboration, radiation, motivation, integration, abomination, precipitation, appreciation, gentrification, dissertation, collocation, designation, interpretation, compensation, ramification, conversation, configuration, proliferation, expectation, manifestation, indignation, litigation, cooperation, notation, inclination, pronunciation, anticipation, deviation, implementation, approbation, sensation, altercation, constellation, affirmation, remediation, reputation, transportation, vocation, obfuscation, representation, medication, transformation, translation, conservation, adaptation, presentation, population, conflagration, reservation, dedication, citation, salvation, rehabilitation, location, meditation, preparation, observation, segregation, articulation, variation, abbreviation, quotation, edification, mitigation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe provocation:
slightest, least, slight, great, such, little, extreme, sufficient, deliberate, smallest, much, further, less, immediate, apparent, direct, strong, grave, adequate, fresh, sudden, considerable, greatest, serious, severe, bronchial, ample, constant, sexual, unnecessary, external, intolerable, enough, obvious, minimal, nasal, gross, reasonable, gravest, armed, trivial, mutual, needless, minor, verbal, just, intense, soviet, trifling, prior, violent, intentional, extraordinary, wanton, continual, alleged, outrageous, terrible, dangerous, perpetual, calculated, abundant, strongest, undue.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective provocation:
neutralization, condition, demonstrations, tests, retaliation, test, challenge, repression.

Words that sound like provocation:
provocation, provocations, predication, prorogation, privation, prevarication, propagation, revocation, precation, pervicacious, prevention, profection, production, precaution, prosecution, aprication, plication, paid vacation, proaction, predications.