In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISAFFECTION
disaffection
(noun) disloyalty to the government or to established authority; “the widespread disaffection of the troops”
alienation, disaffection, estrangement
(noun) the feeling of being alienated from other people
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
disaffection (countable and uncountable, plural disaffections)
Discontent; unrest.
Alienation; loss of loyalty.
Usage notes
• Used with a preposition, such as "with" or "toward".
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`af*fec"tion, n.
1. State of being disaffected; alienation or want of affection or good will, esp. toward those in authority; unfriendliness; dislike. In the making laws, princes must have regard to . . . the affections and disaffections of the people. Jer. Taylor.
2. Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] Wiseman.
Syn.
– Dislike; disgust; discontent; unfriendliness; alienation; disloyalty; hostility.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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