NOUN
  • Definition - 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).
  • Definition - Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.
  • Definition - A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.
  • Definition - A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by re-establishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).
  • Definition - Purging of the digestive system.
Words in your word
9 Letter Words
catharses 14
8 Letter Words
charases 13 starches 13 tracheas 13
7 Letter Words
chasers 12 chaster 12 crashes 12 eschars 12 rachets 12 ratches 12 sachets 12 scathes 12 trachea 12 rashest 10 trashes 10 actress 9 caesars 9 carates 9 casters 9 recasts 9
5 Letter Words
aches 10 chare 10 chars 10 chart 10 chase 10 chats 10 cheat 10 chert 10 chess 10 chest 10 crash 10 ratch 10 reach 10 retch 10 tache 10 tachs 10 teach 10 techs 10 theca 10 arhat 8 ashes 8 earth 8 haars 8 haets 8 hares 8 harts 8 haste 8 hater 8 hates 8 hears 8 heart 8 heats 8 hests 8 rathe 8 rheas 8 share 8 shear 8 sheas 8 stash 8 tahrs 8 trash 8 aceta 7 acres 7 areca 7 carat 7 cares 7 caret 7 carse 7 carte 7 carts 7
4 Letter Words
ache 9 arch 9 cash 9 char 9 chat 9 each 9 echt 9 etch 9 tach 9 tech 9 aahs 7 eath 7 eths 7 haar 7 haes 7 haet 7 hare 7 hart 7 hast 7 hate 7 hats 7 hear 7 heat 7 hers 7 hest 7 hets 7 rash 7 rath 7 resh 7 rhea 7 sash 7 sesh 7 shat 7 shea 7 shes 7 tahr 7 thae 7 aces 6 acre 6 acta 6 acts 6 arcs 6 care 6 cars 6 cart 6 casa 6 case 6 cast 6 cate 6 cats 6
3 Letter Words
aah 6 aha 6 ahs 6 ash 6 eth 6 hae 6 has 6 hat 6 her 6 hes 6 het 6 rah 6 sha 6 she 6 the 6 ace 5 act 5 arc 5 car 5 cat 5 rec 5 sac 5 sec 5 tec 5 aas 3 are 3 ars 3 art 3 ass 3 ate 3 ear 3 eat 3 era 3 ers 3 ess 3 est 3 eta 3 ras 3 rat 3 res 3 ret 3 sae 3 sat 3 sea 3 ser 3 set 3 tae 3 tar 3 tas 3 tea 3
2 Letter Words
ah 5 eh 5 ha 5 he 5 sh 5 aa 2 ae 2 ar 2 as 2 at 2 er 2 es 2 et 2 re 2 ta 2 te 2
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