Two of our greatest enemies in the fight against terror are the fear that makes us cheapen our freedoms and the power that makes us cynical of them.

Dos de nuestros mayores enemigos en la lucha contra el terror son el miedo que nos hace abaratar nuestras libertades y el poder que nos vuelve cínicos respecto de estas libertades.

To suspend those values and invoke a form of summary justice would, in the words of the lawyer Cherie Booth 'cheapen our right to call ourselves a civilised society'.

Dejar en suspenso esos valores e invocar una especie de justicia sumaria sería, en palabras de la abogada Cherie Booth, «abaratar nuestro derecho a considerarnos una sociedad civilizada».

to cheapen

desencarecer [desencareciendo · desencarecido] {v.t.} [rare]

to cheapen(also: to abase, to debase)

degradar [degradando · degradado] {v.t.}

Every effort should be made to subject traditions and customs that cheapen human life to scrutiny or review.

No hay que escatimar ningún esfuerzo para que las tradiciones y costumbres que degradan la existencia humana se sometan a revisión y examen.

It cheapens every one of us and our daughters.

Degrada a cada uno de nosotros y a nuestras hijas.

This advertising cheapens all women.

Esa publicidad degrada a todas las mujeres.

to cheapen

quitarle valor a {vb}

to cheapen [cheapened · cheapened] {intransitive verb}

to cheapen

desencarecerse {r. v.} [rare]

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Sometimes it overuses it, cheapening it, and at other times it uses it too little and provokes our indignation.

Tan pronto lo utiliza demasiado, con lo que lo trivializa, como lo utiliza menos y provoca nuestra indignación.

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