instigation
noun
[ ɪnstɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or process of instigating an action or event.
• "the Domesday Survey was compiled at the instigation of William I"
Similar:
prompting,
suggestion,
request,
entreaty,
solicitation,
wish,
desire,
urging,
importuning,
pressure,
persuasion,
demand,
insistence,
instance,
initiation,
incitement,
provocation,
stirring up,
whipping up,
kindling,
fuelling,
fomentation,
encouragement,
inducement,
actuation,
devising,
inception,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘incitement’): from Old French, or from Latin instigatio(n- ), from the verb instigare (see instigate).
