prompting
/ˈprɒm(p)tɪŋ
/noun [mass noun]
The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something: after some prompting, the defendant gave the police his name...
- With no prompting, Olivier reminded me that people are miserable in eastern Congo.
- I cried all the way home, and it was totally his own idea with no prompting at all.
- Most of what I've written in the descriptions on Flickr got repeated by people without any prompting from me.
Synonyms
encouragement, reminder(s), reminding, cue(s), prodding, pushing, persuasion, hint(s), advice, suggestion(s), assistance, inducement