The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances

• catharsis

  1. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.
  2. (Psychiatry) The alleviation of fear, problems, and complexes by bringing them to consciousness or giving them expression
  3. The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.

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  1. A purifying or figurative cleansing of the emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.
  2. (Psychiatry) The alleviation of fear, problems, and complexes by bringing them to consciousness or giving them expression
  3. The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.

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• purgation

  1. Cleansing from sin or guilt
  2. The act of purging or purifying.
  3. The act of purging, especially by the use of a purgative

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  1. Cleansing from sin or guilt
  2. The act of purging or purifying.
  3. The act of purging, especially by the use of a purgative

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• excretion

  1. Waste matter excreted; sweat, urine, etc.
  2. The act or process of excreting
  3. The act or process of discharging waste matter from the blood, tissues, or organs.

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  1. Waste matter excreted; sweat, urine, etc.
  2. The act or process of excreting
  3. The act or process of discharging waste matter from the blood, tissues, or organs.

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• elimination

  1. (Accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
  2. The process of expelling or removing, especially of waste products from the body.
  3. (Logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.

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  1. (Accounting) The act of recording amounts in a consolidation statement to remove the effects of inter-company transactions.
  2. The process of expelling or removing, especially of waste products from the body.
  3. (Logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.

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Removal

• expulsion

  1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
  2. An expelling, or forcing out, or the condition of being expelled

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  1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
  2. An expelling, or forcing out, or the condition of being expelled

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• discharge

  1. A flow of electric current across a gap, as in a spark or arc
  2. A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion:
  3. A discharging or being discharged

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  1. A flow of electric current across a gap, as in a spark or arc
  2. A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion:
  3. A discharging or being discharged

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• draining

  1. The practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers

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  1. The practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers

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Withdrawal

• exodus

  1. (Proper) The departure of the Israelites from Egypt
  2. A departure of a large number of people.
  3. (Proper) The second book of the Pentateuch in the Bible, which describes this and gives the law of Moses

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  1. (Proper) The departure of the Israelites from Egypt
  2. A departure of a large number of people.
  3. (Proper) The second book of the Pentateuch in the Bible, which describes this and gives the law of Moses

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• retreat

  1. The process of changing or undergoing change in one's thinking or in a position:
  2. The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
  3. The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:

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  1. The process of changing or undergoing change in one's thinking or in a position:
  2. The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant:
  3. The process of receding from a position or of becoming smaller:

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• removal

  1. (Law) The transfer of a case from one court to another, esp. from a state court to a federal court
  2. The fact of being removed.
  3. A removing or being removed

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  1. (Law) The transfer of a case from one court to another, esp. from a state court to a federal court
  2. The fact of being removed.
  3. A removing or being removed

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• abandonment

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