Indeed.
catharsis (kəˈθɑːsɪs)
1803, from Gk. katharsis "purging, cleansing," from kathairein "to purify, purge," from katharsos "pure."
— n , pl -ses
1. (in Aristotelian literary criticism) the purging or purification of the emotions through the evocation of pity and fear, as in tragedy
2. psychoanal See also abreaction the bringing of repressed ideas or experiences into consciousness, thus relieving tensions
3. purgation, esp of the bowels
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