Main entry: urging
Definition: the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
Main entry: importunity, urgency, urging
Definition: insistent solicitation and entreaty
Usage: his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
Main entry: urging, spur, spurring, prod, prodding, goad, goading
Definition: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
Usage: the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves