provocation (noun) provocation: incitement, stimulus
Sinonime: affront,
annoyance, bothering, brickbat, casus belli,
cause,
challenge,
dare,
defy, grabber,
grievance, grounds, harassment,
incentive, indignity,
inducement,
injury, instigation,
insult, irking,
justification,
motivation,
offense, provoking,
reason,
taunt,
vexation, vexing
Antonime: prevention, repression,
suppression