ABREACTION

[ab.re.ac.tion] n [part trans. of G Abreagierung catharsis, fr. ab off, away (fr. OHG aba) + Reagierung reaction, fr. L reagere to react--more at of, react] (1912): the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization esp. in the presence of a therapist -- ab.re.act vb