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noname asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 8 years ago

what word means to release suppressed feelings?

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  • ?
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    8 years ago
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    catharsis: a method of psychotherapy that induces the discharge of repressed or painful emotions

    That's the dictionary definition, but we use it in contexts outside psychotherapy. Any time suppressed feelings are released, it is cathartic.

    Source(s): Funk & Wagnalls Standard College Dictionary
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Express yourself

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    To "vent" one's feelings

    Source(s): http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vent
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