Abreaction

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Abreaction \Ab`re*ac"tion\, n. [Pref. ab- + reaction, after G.
     Abreagirung.] (Psychotherapy)
     the purging of emotional tensions. See {Catharsis}, below.
  
     Syn: catharsis, katharsis
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  abreaction
       n : (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions [syn: {catharsis},
            {katharsis}]