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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions;
[syn: catharsis, katharsis, abreaction]

2. purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels;
[syn: catharsis, katharsis, purgation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

katharsis \katharsis\ n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis. Syn: catharsis, abreaction. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Catharsis \Ca*thar"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Cathartic.] (Med.) 1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc. 2. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by re["e]stablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction). [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cathartic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

catharsis n 1: (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: catharsis, katharsis, abreaction] 2: purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels [syn: catharsis, katharsis, purgation]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "catharsis": BM, abreaction, abstersion, acting-out, bloody flux, bowdlerization, bowel movement, cleaning, cleansing, crap, defecation, dejection, deliverance, detersion, diarrhea, discharge, dry cleaning, dysentery, emotional release, evacuation, expurgation, flux, freeing, intermission, lientery, loose bowels, lustration, motor abreaction, movement, outlet, psychocatharsis, psychodrama, purgation, purge, purging, purification, release, release therapy, removal, reprieve, respite, runs, shit, shits, steam cleaning, stool, surcease, suspension, trots, turistas, voidance