Associations to the word «Instigation»

Wiktionary

INSTIGATION, noun. The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

Dictionary definition

INSTIGATION, noun. The verbal act of urging on.
INSTIGATION, noun. Deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope