noun. The act of instigating; incitement, as to wrong-doing; temptation; prompting.

noun. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.

noun. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

noun. the verbal act of urging on

noun. deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)

"But Charles and his audience believe that I was responsible for MSNBC's comments about LGF, either through direct instigation, which is false, or through indirect provocation through my two posts mentioning the site."

instigate  instigator  

encouragement  induction  initiation  trigger  

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incitement  

agitation  arousal  catalyst  exasperation  excitation