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.
OUGHTNESS
Etymology
Noun
oughtness (countable and uncountable, plural oughtnesses)
(chiefly, philosophy) In ethics, the quality which makes an action dutiful or morally obligatory.
(rare) The state or characteristic of something's being as it ought to be; rightness.
(rare) The obligatoriness of future actions or future states of affairs which are morally worthy of being produced through human effort.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Ought"ness, n.
Definition: The state of being as a thing ought to be; rightness. [R.] N. W. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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