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
Aberash	-	Eastern African, Amharic
Izz Al-Din	-	Arabic
Nadezhda	nah-DYEZH-dah (Russian)	Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Ukrainian
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Kris	KRIS (English)	English, Danish
Melody	['melədi]