Provocation and provoke may refer to:

• Provocation (legal), a type of legal defense in court which claims the "victim" provoked the accused's actions
• Agent provocateur, a (generally political) group that tries to goad a desired response from the group or otherwise disrupt its activity
• Provocation (medical), a way of medical testing for conditions such as an allergy by provoking the immune system's response
• Provoke (album), a 1998 album by Altar and their final release on Displeased Records
• Provoked (film), a 2007 British film starring Aishwarya Rai and Naveen Andrews
• Provoked (album), a 2008 album by Henry Rollins
• Provoked, a hardcore punk band from Minnesota, US formed in early 2000s.
• Provoked, a Hip Hop Artist/Radio Host/TV Host/Community Activist from Coachella Valley, California since 2006.

Provokation (v. lat. provocare ‚hervorrufen‘, ‚herausfordern‘) bezeichnet das gezielte Hervorrufen eines Verhaltens oder einer Reaktion bei anderen Personen. Hierbei agiert der Provokateur bewusst oder unbewusst in einer Weise, dass die provozierte Person oder Personengruppe ein tendenziell erwünschtes Verhalten zeigt.

• La provocation est l'action de provoquer.
• Provocation (Class Warfare) est un film réalisé par Richard Shepard en 2001.
• Une provocation en sport consiste à déclencher chez l'opposant un comportement à son désavantage. Le but est de le déstabiliser (l'exciter, le décourager, etc. ) et/ou de lui faire réaliser des actions exploitables.