English-Spanish translations for catharsis

catarsis¿Podría convertirse la última víctima del permanente conflicto en el País Vasco en la catarsis definitiva para su solución? Could the last victim of the ongoing conflict in the Basque country become the final catharsis for its solution? Realmente nos hallamos en la peor fase del problema palestino, o nos encontramos en la culminación de la tragedia y llega la catarsis, la salida. 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?

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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