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
Cosimo	KAW-zee-maw, KO-zi-mo	Italian
Ivo (2)	-	Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Baron	['bærən]
Caoileann	-	Irish
Jemma	JEM-ə	English (British)
Talgat	-	Kazakh, Tatar