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
Vali	-	Romanian
Naoum	-	Biblical Greek
Tomas	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian
Loretta	[lə'retə]
Matylda	mah-TIL-dah (Polish)	Czech, Polish
Oldrich	-	Slovak