English-French translations for catharsis

catharsisCe vendredi de plénière du Parlement européen n'est pas considéré comme le moment d'un exercice de catharsis. And this Friday of the part-session of the European Parliament is not seen as a time for an exercise in catharsis. Nous trouvons-nous vraiment à la pire phase du problème palestinien, ou nous trouvons-nous à l' acmé de la tragédie, avant que survienne la catharsis, que survienne l' issue ? Are we really in the worst stage of the Palestinian crisis or has the tragedy risen to its climax, to be followed by catharsis and a way out? Puisse la dernière victime de ce conflit persistant au Pays basque constituer la catharsis ultime en vue d'une solution ! Could the last victim of the ongoing conflict in the Basque country become the final catharsis for its solution?

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

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