Legal Definition and Related Resources of Provocation
Meaning of Provocation
Such conduct or actions on the part of one towards another as tend to arouse the latter to act against the former, usually in an illegal manner. Such conduct on the part of a person as causes another to lose self control .
Provocation Alternative Definition
(Lat. provoco, to call out). The act of inciting another to do something. Such conduct as tends to arouse passions which may lead to the commission of an act, Provocation is no defense for crime, but may mitigate the damages for an assault (3 E. D. Smith [N. Y.] 518), and if adequate to arouse in the mind of a reasonable man such passion as to cause him to act rashly and without reflection, it will reduce homicide from murder to manslaughter. See “Cool Blood.”
Synonyms of Provocation
noun
- abuse
- actuation
- affront
- aggression
- agitation
- angering
- annoyance
- causation
- cause
- defiance
- exasperation
- excitation
- excitement
- fomentation
- goad
- grievance
- impulsion
- incentive
- incitement
- inducement
- inflammation
- inspiration
- instigation
- insult
- invitation
- irritation
- motivation
- motive
- offense
- pressure
- prick
- prodding
- prompting
- provocative
- spur
- stimulant
- stimulation
- stimulus
- taunt
- temptation
- urge
- vexation
- Associated Concepts: defense of provocation
- extreme provocation
- just provocation
- legal provocation
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