abatimiento
dejection
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A knocking down, either of a structure or of someone's spirits
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
Abatimiento means dejection and is abatir0 turned into a noun, a literal "knocking-down." When your spirits get knocked down, you feel dejected.
abatimiento
dejection, despondency, low spirits
Low spirits, the state of someone whose morale has been knocked down.
Su abatimiento duró varias semanas después de la noticiaHis dejection lasted several weeks after the news
Noté cierto desánimo en su voz, un abatimiento que no le conocíaI noticed a certain discouragement in her voice, a despondency I had never seen in her
demolition, knocking down (physical)
When a structure literally gets knocked down.
El abatimiento del muro tomó menos de un minutoThe demolition of the wall took less than a minute
Aprobaron el abatimiento de las torres antiguasThey approved the knocking down of the old towers