In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
RECANTATION
retraction, abjuration, recantation
(noun) a disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
recantation (countable and uncountable, plural recantations)
The act of recanting or something recanted.
Anagrams
• triacontane
Source: Wiktionary
Re`can*ta"tion, n.
Definition: The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction. The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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