In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ADVISEMENT
deliberation, weighing, advisement
(noun) careful consideration; “a little deliberation would have deterred them”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
advisement (usually uncountable, plural advisements)
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*vise"ment, n. Etym: [OE. avisement, F. avisement, fr. aviser. See Advise, and cf. Avisement.]
1. Counsel; advise; information. [Archaic] And mused awhile, waking advisement takes of what had passed in sleep. Daniel.
2. Consideration; deliberation; consultation. Tempering the passion with advisement slow. Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COMMUNICATIONS
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