Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

INCITE

Dampen 

The most appropriate antonym of the word incite is dampen.

• Incite means to stir up or provoke (violent or unlawful behavior).
• Dampen means to make (something) less intense or active.
• Destitute means lacking the necessities of life.
• Hearsay means information received from other people that one cannot verify.
• Scandal means a situation or event that is considered to be morally or socially wrong and causing general public outrage.