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Noun: katharsis  ku'thaa(r)-sis
Usage: archaic (=catharsis)
  1. Purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
    - catharsis, purgation
     
  2. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
    - catharsis, abreaction

Type of: purge, purging

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