Both Uses of
provocation
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- "Well I don't," said Uncle Jack, "not unless there's extreme provocation connected with 'em."
p. 90.7provocation = something that causes a violent or angry reaction
- ...you told me never to use words like that except in ex-extreme provocation, and Francis provocated me enough to knock his block off-
p. 97.9 *
Definition:
actions that cause a reaction--especially anger or violence
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction