In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
DEPRAVATIONS
Noun
depravations
plural of depravation
Source: Wiktionary
DEPRAVATION
Dep`ra*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. depravitio, from depravare: cf. F. dépravation. See Deprave.]
1. Detraction; depreciation. [Obs.] To stubborn critics, apt, without a theme, For depravation. Shak.
2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity. The depravation of his moral character destroyed his judgment. Sir G. C. Lewis.
4. (Med.)
Definition: Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.
Syn.
– Depravity; corruption. See Depravity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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