1 (act of) encouraging, exciting, inciting, instigating, spurring, stimulating, urging 2 encouragement, incitement 3 (act of) inspiring 4 inspiration 5 (act of) cheering, rallying, rousing 6 (act of) abetting 7 (act of) kindling 8 (act of) prodding, stirring 9 (act of) prodding, stirring 10 (act of) featuring 11 inducement, stimulus 12 exhortation