Also means
consideration
Usage Note
Contemplación means both the act of quietly observing or meditating and, in the plural, leniency or indulgence: sin contemplaciones means 'without mercy' or 'bluntly', a very common idiomatic expression. Learners often miss this plural idiom, which is entirely different from the singular's meditative sense.
Examples
"Se perdió en la contemplación del paisaje."
Natural Translation
She lost herself in the contemplation of the landscape.
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