Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ANACHRONISM
anachronism
(noun) an artifact that belongs to another time
anachronism
(noun) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
anachronism, mistiming, misdating
(noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anachronism (countable and uncountable, plural anachronisms)
A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
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Source: Wiktionary
An*ach"ro*nism, n. Etym: [Gr. anachronisme.]
Definition: A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RESTITUTION
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
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