Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CORREPTION
Etymology
Noun
correption (countable and uncountable, plural correptions)
A shortening in pronunciation.
(obsolete) chiding; reproof; reproach
Anagrams
• porrection, renotropic
Source: Wiktionary
Cor*rep"tion (kr-rp"shn), n. Etym: [L. correptio, fr. corripere to seize.]
Definition: Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.] Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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