In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMPLICITY
complicity
(noun) guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
complicity (countable and uncountable, plural complicities)
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
(archaic) Complexity.
Synonyms
• (involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in wrongdoing): collusion, complicitousness, connivance
Anagrams
• polymictic
Source: Wiktionary
Com*plic"i*ty, n.; pl. Complicities. Etym: [F. complicité.]
Definition: The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BARGAIN
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