motivation

Noun

• the act of motivating; providing incentive

• the condition of being motivated
  • his motivation was at a high level
    

• the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
  • we did not understand his motivation
    
  • he acted with the best of motives
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  motivating , motive , need