In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
RIDDANCE
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; “the ejection of troublemakers by the police”; “the child’s expulsion from school”
elimination, riddance
(noun) the act of removing or getting rid of something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
riddance (countable and uncountable, plural riddances)
The act of being rid of something; deliverance
The earth thrown up by a burrowing animal.
Anagrams
• candider, cider-and
Source: Wiktionary
Rid"dance, n.
1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. Lev. xxiii. 22.
2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape. "Riddance from all adversity." Hooker.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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