In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
CENSURABLE
blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable
(adjective) deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; “blameworthy if not criminal behavior”; “censurable misconduct”; “culpable negligence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
censurable (comparative more censurable, superlative most censurable)
Deserving of censure; blameworthy.
Source: Wiktionary
Cen"sur*a*ble, a.
Definition: Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct.
– Cen"sur*a*bleness, n.
– Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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