abreact

[ ab-ree-akt ]

verb (used with object)Psychoanalysis.

to remove by abreaction.

Origin of abreact

1910–15; ab- + react, on the model of German abreagieren

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British Dictionary definitions for abreact

abreact

/ (ˌæbrɪˈækt) /

verb

(tr) psychoanal to alleviate (emotional tension) through abreaction

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