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What does provocation mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of provoking, inciting or annoying someone into doing something
  2. Something that provokes; a provocative act
  3. (emergency medicine) The second step in OPQRST regarding the investigation of what makes the symptoms MOI or NOI improve or deteriorate.
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In some cases defendants run the two qualified defences of provocation and diminished responsibility in tandem.
Several investigators have carried out inhalation provocation tests using dropping extracts or bird sera.
I can't remember the last time I lost my rag with anyone without a high degree of provocation or angst being involved.
The original trial judge made allowance for provocation when he sentenced them, but the appeal court said it was not enough.
D was convicted of murder having raised both the defences of provocation and diminished responsibility.
Moore and Girling denied murder, but pleaded guilty to manslaughter under provocation.

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