sublimate:
v.
2. A) To modify the natural expression of (a primitive, instinctual mpulse) in a socially acceptable manner.
B) To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.
sublimate
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Slava
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So a toper should sublimate his urge to get bleezed and divert those energies to more constructive activities, such as doing the dishes or laundry. Or, as was fairly recently the case, running for high office.
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
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