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   provocation

   /ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately: "you should remain calm and not respond to provocation" Similar goadingproddingegging onincitementrousingstirringstimulationpromptinginducementencouragementurginginspirationstimuluspressureannoyanceirritationnettlingagitationvexationbeing rubbed up the wrong wayharassmentplaguingmolestationteasingtauntingtormentaffrontinsultsinformal:hassleaggravation
   • ▪ action or speech held to be likely to prompt physical retaliation: "the assault had taken place under provocation" Similar goadingproddingegging onincitementrousingstirringstimulationpromptinginducementencouragementurginginspirationstimuluspressureannoyanceirritationnettlingagitationvexationbeing rubbed up the wrong wayharassmentplaguingmolestationteasingtauntingtormentaffrontinsultsinformal:hassleaggravation
   • 2. the action of arousing sexual desire or interest, especially deliberately: "walking with deliberate provocation, she struck a pose, then giggled"
   • 3. testing to elicit a particular response or reflex: "twenty patients had a high increase of serum gastrin after provocation with secretin"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin provocatio(n-), from the verb provocare (see provoke).

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   What does provocation mean?

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   How do you describe a person's action as provocation?

   • If you describe a person's action as provocation or a provocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally. He denies murder on the grounds of provocation. The soldiers fired without provocation. The chief of police has condemned this weekend's protest as deliberate provocation.

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   What is a provocation in boxing?

   • A provocation makes someone angry or sometimes even violent. Telling a professional boxer how ugly he is would be considered a provocation — one that might get you punched in the face. Provocation is the act of provoking someone — doing something just to get a reaction.

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   What does arguing provocation mean?

   • Successfully arguing provocation means that the accused is still convicted (guilty) of a criminal act, but there is a mitigating reason for the act. Circumstances that amount to provocation may well overlap somewhat with those that amount to self-defence, but the two are separate.

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   A provocation makes someone angry or sometimes even violent. Telling a professional boxer how ugly he is would be considered a provocation — one that might get you punched in the face. Provocation is the act of provoking someone — doing something just to get a reaction.

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   If you describe a person's action as provocation or a provocation, you mean that it is a reason for someone else to react angrily, violently, or emotionally.

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   something that incites, instigates, angers, or irritates. Criminal Law. words or conduct leading to killing in hot passion and without deliberation. provocation. / ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃən / noun. the act of provoking or inciting. something that causes indignation, anger, etc. English criminal law words or conduct that incite a person to attack another.

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    1. the act of provoking or inciting. 2. something that causes indignation, anger, etc. 3. (Law) English criminal law words or conduct that incite a person to attack another. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. prov•o•ca•tion.