Antonyms for incitement


Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-sahyt-muh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsaɪt mənt


Definition of incitement

Origin :
  • 1590s, from incite + -ment.
  • noun motive
Example sentences :
  • But this stuff looks to me a good deal like incitement to violence.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • Whereas the possession of Mrs. Schomberg was no incitement to a display of manly virtues.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • I believe his desire to better the effect was the only incitement.
  • Extract from : « Rembrandt and His Works » by John Burnet
  • It was a fiery recital of their wrongs and an incitement to forcible redress.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • Her Daddy went on drawing, and his hand shook with incitement.
  • Extract from : « Just So Stories » by Rudyard Kipling
  • But, passing from that incitement, Paul rests his plea on deeper grounds.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • They are no incitement, as those are of a similar kind in Europe, to jovial pleasures or to vulgar ebriety.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • The withdrawal of the imperial legions from Zamora was their incitement.
  • Extract from : « The Hyborian Age » by Robert E. Howard
  • We may call the first incitement, and the second explanation.
  • Extract from : « Montessori Elementary Materials » by Maria Montessori
  • Where we are in earnest about the right we need no incitement or support from above.
  • Extract from : « The Essence of Christianity » by Ludwig Feuerbach

Synonyms for incitement

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