In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
NONOBSERVANCE
nonobservance
(noun) a lack of conformity with law or custom or practice etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nonobservance (plural nonobservances)
The failure to observe a custom, or to conform with a law
Source: Wiktionary
Non`ob*serv"ance, n.
Definition: Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUSPENDED
(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”
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