valve

safety valve

An activity that one does to release strong feelings (such as stress) in a healthy or positive way. Golf has become my safety valve—when I'm really stressed about work, I make sure to schedule a tee time.

a safety valve

a way of allowing someone to express strong or negative emotions without harming other people (often + for ) I often think football acts as a safety valve for a lot of stored-up male aggression.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yamato	yah-mah-to	Japanese
Hosni	-	Arabic
Francene	fran-SEEN	English (Rare)
Oleg	ah-LYEK	Russian
Unity	YUW-ni-tee	English (Rare)
Kayin (1)	-	Western African, Yoruba