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ab·re·act  audio  (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.
ETYMOLOGY:
Translation of German abreagieren : ab-, away + reagieren, to react

OTHER FORMS:
abre·action(Noun)


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