Definition of abreact

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ab·re·act    (br-kt) KEY  

TRANSITIVE VERB:
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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Translation of German abreagieren : ab-, away + reagieren, to react

OTHER FORMS:
abre·action (Noun)

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