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What is the noun for catharsis?

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catharsis
  1. (drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).
  2. Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
  3. A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
  4. (psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by re-establishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
  5. (medicine) Purging of the digestive system.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “Nevertheless, there is, I'm sure, a certain catharsis involved in expunging one's darkest secrets in those sealed little booths.”
      “The appearance of pity and fear on both sides of the footlights seems not to rule out catharsis as a principle in dramatic criticism.”
      “The showing of Anatomy of Pain on television was seen as poignant and revealing, a sort of purgation, catharsis.”
cathartick
  1. Obsolete form of cathartic.
cathartical
cathartic
catharticals
  1. plural of cathartical
catharticks
  1. plural of cathartick
catharses
  1. plural of catharsis
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  3. Examples:
    1. “At the end of the movie, an ensemble comedy, there are about half a dozen catharses in a two-minute span of time.”
      “The ending of the film also presents a twist that effectively erases the catharses that the film's events have caused several of the more prominent characters to undergo.”
      “Between Safin's catharses and Kiefer's yelps, fans saw them pull off amazing shots under stress.”
cathartics
  1. plural of cathartic
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  3. Examples:
    1. “There is no evidence that cathartics reduce absorption or toxicity, however.”
      “Gastric lavage, emetics, activated charcoal, cathartics, etc., should be used when indicated.”
      “Once the most popular of cathartics, calomel has been used in medicine since the 16th century.”
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