exorcism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
exorcism
    n 1: freeing from evil spirits [syn: {exorcism},
         {dispossession}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Exorcism \Ex"or*cism\ (-s[i^]z'm), n. [L. exorcismus, Gr.
   'exorkizmo`s; cf. F. exorcisme.]
   1. The act of exorcising; the driving out of evil spirits
      from persons or places by conjuration; also, the form of
      conjuration used.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Conjuration for raising spirits. [R.] --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "exorcism":
      cantrip, charm, conjuration, conjurement, curse, evil eye,
      evocation, exorcisation, exsufflation, glamour, hex, incantation,
      invocation, jinx, magic spell, malocchio, spell, wanga, weird,
      whammy

    

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