In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DECONCENTRATION
Etymology
Noun
deconcentration (countable and uncountable, plural deconcentrations)
The act of deconcentrating.
Source: Wiktionary
De*con`cen*tra"tion, n.
Definition: Act of deconcentrating. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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