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noun (n)

• purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  catharsis, purgation
  

  source: wordnet30
• (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  abreaction, catharsis
  

  source: wordnet30