inducement

/in-ˈdüs-mənt/

noun

  1. a motive or consideration that leads one to action or to additional or more effective actions

  2. the act or process of inducing

  3. matter presented by way of introduction or background to explain the principal allegations of a legal cause, plea, or defense

motive impulse incentive inducement spur goad mean a stimulus to action. motive implies an emotion or desire operating on the will and causing it to act. impulse suggests a driving power arising from personal temperament or constitution.