Conference's last item for discussion provokes strong feeling (7)

I believe the answer is:

emotion

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'strong feeling' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "Surprise, perhaps" , "sense" , "Feeling, say love or hate" , "Intense feeling" , "Feeling such as joy, sorrow and fear" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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