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
Artemis	AHR-tə-mis (English)	Greek Mythology, Greek
Demetrio	de-ME-tryo	Italian, Spanish
Tollak	-	Norwegian
Torgeir	-	Norwegian
Sapir	-	Hebrew
Leonhard	LE-awn-hahrt	German