In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
INEXPERIENCE
inexperience, rawness
(noun) lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; “procedural inexperience created difficulties”; “their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
inexperience (usually uncountable, plural inexperiences)
A lack of experience.
Antonyms
• experienced
Source: Wiktionary
In`ex*pe"ri*ence, n. Etym: [L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See In- not, and Experience.]
Definition: Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth. Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. Dryden. Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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