Incentive and Upshot

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Incentive noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Upshot is an antonym for incentive.

Upshot noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

Usage example: the upshot of the court's ruling is that a number of communities will now have to change their gun laws

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Incentive is an antonym for upshot.

considerable	considerable incentive	considerable upshot
main	main incentive	main upshot

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