exorcises
Drives out demons
Exorcises is the verb form of exorcise, meaning to drive out an evil spirit through ritual or prayer: The priest exorcised the demon from the house.
More broadly, to exorcise is to rid oneself of something troubling or unwanted: She wrote the memoir to exorcise her childhood traumas.
The spelling exorcize is also used.
Ceremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
- banishmentForced removal from place
possession · demonology · clergy · sacred · blessing · holy water · crucifix · invocation
Takes something out
- expelsRemoves by force
- ridsFrees from presence
- purgesForcible removals from power
- banishesExpels from a place
dispels · eradicates · ejects · ousts · extracts · roots out · clears out · forces out
To let go
- liberationRelease from constraint
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
- healingRestoration of health
transformation · renewal · letting go · processing · confronting · working through · overcoming · shedding
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- incantationSpoken magical formula
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- deliveranceRescue from bondage
banishment · possession · demonology · clergy · sacred · blessing · holy water · crucifix · invocation · rite
removes
Takes something out
banishes · dispels · eradicates · ejects · ousts · extracts · roots out · clears out · forces out · gets rid of
release
To let go
- liberationRelease from constraint
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- purgingForcible elimination of unwanted
healing · transformation · renewal · letting go · processing · confronting · working through · overcoming · shedding · freeing
- The ExorcistSeminal possession horror film
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