exorcize

(also UK -ise)

/ˈeksɔːsaɪz/ verb [T]

Definition

SPIRITS › to make evil spirits leave a person or place by saying special prayers and having a special ceremony

MEMORY › to get rid of something such as a bad memory: She moved to Paris to try to exorcize the past.

(Definition of exorcize verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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