[1] : 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
see also:
catharsis 

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

catharsis \cathar"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"establishing 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
see also:
cathartic 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

catharsis
     n 1: psychoanalysis purging of emotional tensions syn: katharsis,
           abreaction
     2: purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate
        evacuation of the bowels syn: katharsis, purgation
see also:
katharsis abreaction purgation 

[4] : 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

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