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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aggravation, agitation, animation, arousal, arousing, bluster, brawl, broil, brouhaha, cacophony, chaos, commotion, disturbance, ebullition, electrification, embroilment, exacerbation, exasperation, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, fanaticism, ferment, firing, flap, foofaraw, frenzy, fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, galvanization, hubbub, incitation, incitement, inflammation, infuriation, instigation, irritation, lathering up, pandemonium, passion, pep rally, pep talk, perturbation, provocation, rabble-rousing, racket, rage, row, ruckus, rumpus, steaming up, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, stirring-up, storminess, tempestuousness, tumult, tumultuousness, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, upset, whipping up, wildness, working up, zeal, zealousness
Dictionary Results for fomentation:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fomentation
    n 1: a substance used as a warm moist medicinal compress or
         poultice
    2: application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to
       relieve pain and inflammation
    3: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
       [syn: fomentation, instigation]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fomentation \Fo`men*ta"tion\, n. [?. fomentatio: cf. F.
   fomentation.]
   1. (Med.)
      (a) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft,
          medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing
          pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors.
      (b) The lotion applied to a diseased part.
          [1913 Webster]

   2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
      [1913 Webster]

            Dishonest fomentation of your pride.  --Young.
      [1913 Webster]

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