Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
NONINTERFERENCE
nonintervention, noninterference
(noun) a foreign policy of staying out of other countries’ disputes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
noninterference (usually uncountable, plural noninterferences)
The policy of a state or other actor of not interfering in the domestic policies of another
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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