catharsis

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Telling her story has also been a "catharsis", she said.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2025

The good news is that this show will offer new catharsis in a second season that’s already been greenlighted.

From Salon • Dec. 17, 2025

“It was this amazing collective feeling of catharsis and connection to something bigger than ourselves.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

The best songs on the album are rich with such moments of catharsis, where an arrangement builds to an emotionally wrenching peak and Mr. Ellis’s voice carries it through.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The third church offered passion and catharsis; it was a place where you truly felt the presence of the Holy Spirit inside you.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah