In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
NUANCE
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement
(noun) a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; “without understanding the finer nuances you can’t enjoy the humor”; “don’t argue about shades of meaning”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
nuance (countable and uncountable, plural nuances)
A minor distinction.
Subtlety or fine detail.
Verb
nuance (third-person singular simple present nuances, present participle nuancing, simple past and past participle nuanced)
(transitive) To apply a nuance to; to change or redefine in a subtle way.
Source: Wiktionary
Nu`ance", n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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