Abreaction
release of emotional tension achieved through recalling a repressed traumatic experience.
noun
(psychoanal) the release and expression of emotional tension associated with repressed ideas by bringing those ideas into consciousness
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- Abreast
side by side; beside each other in a line: They walked two abreast down the street. equal to or alongside in progress, attainment, or awareness (usually followed by of or with): to keep abreast of scientific developments; keeping abreast with the times. Contemporary Examples Curious housewives stepped out in their aprons to watch them march […]
- Abreast of
side by side; beside each other in a line: They walked two abreast down the street. equal to or alongside in progress, attainment, or awareness (usually followed by of or with): to keep abreast of scientific developments; keeping abreast with the times. adjective (postpositive) alongside each other and facing in the same direction foll by […]
- Abreast with
side by side; beside each other in a line: They walked two abreast down the street. equal to or alongside in progress, attainment, or awareness (usually followed by of or with): to keep abreast of scientific developments; keeping abreast with the times. adjective (postpositive) alongside each other and facing in the same direction foll by […]
- Abri
a shelter, especially a dugout. Archaeology. a rock shelter formed by the overhang of a cliff and often containing prehistoric occupation deposits. Historical Examples abri la boca para decir algo en consonancia con tan maravilloso pensamiento; pero slo exhal un suspiro. Doa Perfecta Benito Prez Galds The charcoal calcined by this abri, has been found […]
- Abridge
to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents: to abridge a reference book. to reduce or lessen in duration, scope, authority, etc.; diminish; curtail: to abridge a visit; to abridge one’s freedom. to deprive; cut off. Contemporary Examples At the right time and in the right dose, it can ease and abridge economic maladies. […]