In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RESILIENCY
resilience, resiliency
(noun) the physical property of a material that can return to its original shape or position after deformation that does not exceed its elastic limit
resilience, resiliency
(noun) an occurrence of rebounding or springing back
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
resiliency (countable and uncountable, plural resiliencies)
resilience
Source: Wiktionary
Re*sil"i*ence, Re*sil"i*en*cy, n.
1. The act of resiling, springing back, or rebounding; as, the resilience of a ball or of sound.
2. (Mech. & Engyn.)
Definition: The mechanical work required to strain an elastic body, as a deflected beam, stretched spring, etc., to the elastic limit; also, the work performed by the body in recovering from such strain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DESIRABLE
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