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All abreaction synonyms

ab·re·ac·tion
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noun abreaction

  • catharsis — Catharsis is getting rid of unhappy memories or strong emotions such as anger or sadness by expressing them in some way.
  • ablution — the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
  • purification — to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.
  • purgation — the act of purging.
  • release — to lease again.
  • cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
  • unexpurgated — to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable: Most children read an expurgated version of Grimms' fairy tales.
  • katharsis — Alt form catharsis.
  • lustration — to purify by a propitiatory offering or other ceremonial method.
  • purging — to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify.
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