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provocation (iou)



provocation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin provocatio(n-), from provocat- pa. ppl stem of provocare PROVOKE: see -ATION.]
I. The action or an act of appealing against a judgement, esp. to a higher ecclesiastical court. LME-E18.
A challenge to fight. L15-E17.
The action or an act of inviting or summoning someone. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 4. M16.
II.
The action or an act of provoking someone; an incitement, a stimulus, spec. to anger, resentment, or irritation; a cause of anger, resentment, or irritation; Law an action, insult, etc., held to be likely to provoke physical retaliation. LME.
Comb.: provocation test Medicine a test to elicit a particular response, reflex, reaction, signs of life, etc.