In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DECONTROL
decontrol
(verb) relax or remove controls of; “decontrol marijuana”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
decontrol (third-person singular simple present decontrols, present participle decontroling or decontrolling, simple past and past participle decontroled or decontrolled)
To remove controls.
Noun
decontrol (plural decontrols)
The removal of controls.
Source: Wiktionary
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DISPERSION
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
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