The term provocation, besides its generic meaning of "an act to be a cause of something", has the following technical meanings. Provocation, a type of defense in court. Provocation within a (political) group as a means to disrupt its activity. Provocation, a way of medical testing, e.g., for allergy. This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article..