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Noun: abreaction  `ab-ree'ak-shun
  1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
    - catharsis, katharsis

Derived forms: abreactions

See also: abreact

Type of: purge, purging

Encyclopedia: Abreaction

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