ex‧or‧cis‧m /ˈeksɔːsɪzəm $ -ɔːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

1. a process during which someone tries to make an evil spirit leave a place by saying special words, or a ceremony when this is done

2. literary the process of making yourself forget a bad memory or experience

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