n.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-br ē - ' ak-sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: part translation of German Abreagierung catharsis, from about off, away + Reagierung reaction
Date: 1912
: the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist
– ab · re · act \ - ' akt \ verb