Definition of INCITEMENT

incitement

Plural: incitements

Noun

  • an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
    • "the incitement of mutiny"
  • needed encouragement
  • something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
  • the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
  • A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

Examples

  • The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.

Origin / Etymology

From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.

Scrabble Score: 14

incitement: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
incitement: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
incitement: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

incitement: valid Words With Friends Word