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"sense": "An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status",
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"word": "degradació"
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"sense": "An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status",
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"sense": "An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status",
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"sense": "An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status",
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