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
Mbali	-	Southern African, Zulu
Erkin	-	Uyghur
Sethunya	-	Southern African, Tswana
Clematis	klə-MAT-is	English (Rare)
Maaike	-	Dutch
Zaharinka	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian