Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
WRONGDOING
wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
(noun) activity that transgresses moral or civil law; “he denied any wrongdoing”
error, wrongdoing
(noun) departure from what is ethically acceptable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wrongdoing (usually uncountable, plural wrongdoings)
(uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
(countable) An instance of doing wrong.
Verb
wrongdoing
present participle of wrongdo
Source: Wiktionary
Wrong"do`ing, n.
Definition: Evil or wicked behavior or action.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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