In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NEWNESS
newness
(noun) the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
newness (countable and uncountable, plural newnesses)
The property of being new; novelty; recency.
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Source: Wiktionary
New"ness, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being new; as, the newness of a system; the newness of a scene; newness of life.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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