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ab⋅re⋅act

  [ab-ree-akt]
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–verb (used with object) Psychoanalysis.
to remove by abreaction.
Origin:
1910–15; ab- + react, on the model of G abreagieren
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ab·re·act   (āb'rē-ākt')   
tr.v.   ab·re·act·ed, ab·re·act·ing, ab·re·acts
To release (repressed emotions) by acting out, as in words, behavior, or the imagination, the situation causing the conflict.

[Translation of German abreagieren : ab-, away + reagieren, to react.]
ab're·ac'tion n.
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abreact ab·re·act (āb'rē-ākt')
v. ab·re·act·ed, ab·re·act·ing, ab·re·acts
To release repressed emotions by acting out the situation causing the conflict, as in words, behavior, or the imagination.

ab're·ac'tion n.

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