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  • n  purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  • n  a ceremonial cleansing from defilement or uncleanness by the performance of appropriate rites
  • n  the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge

  • Words like hubris (head-spinning pride) and catharsis (purgation by pity and terror) begin to assume a certain noble abstractness.
  • The "four haunted Tyrones," as O'Neill renamed his family, establish a tension of rage and apology, followed by purgation in four self-revelatory monologues.
  • A tale of men suffering from the soul-sickness of despair, the film is a masterpiece of tedium, a parable of purgation.
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  • Morning Minutes, April 7
    catharsis kuh-THAHR-seez noun; the purging of the emotions or relieving of emotional tensions, especially through certain kinds of art, as tragedy or music. Medicine/Medical. purgation.
    April 7, 2014 - Hope Star

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