In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
indefiniteness, indeterminateness, indefinity, indetermination, indeterminacy
(noun) the quality of being vague and poorly defined
Source: WordNet® 3.1
indetermination (countable and uncountable, plural indeterminations)
Lack of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind.
Lack of fixed or stated direction.
• determination
Source: Wiktionary
In`de*ter`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + determination: cf. indétermination.]
1. Want of determination; an unsettled or wavering state, as of the mind. Jer. Taylor.
2. Want of fixed or stated direction. Abp. Bramhall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 June 2025
(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; “he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.