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n (context|psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension.

n (context|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). Coined in this sense by Aristotle.

n Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.

n A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.

n (context|medicine) purge | Purging of the digestive system.