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abreact

[ ab-ree-akt ]

verb (used with object)

Psychoanalysis.
  1. to remove by abreaction.

abreact

/ ˌæɪˈæ /

verb

  1. tr psychoanal to alleviate (emotional tension) through abreaction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of abreact1

1910–15; ab- + react, on the model of German abreagieren
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The whole doctrine of repentance really hinges on this question of abreacting painful or wrongful experience instead of repressing it.

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