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a safety valve
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 | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Tsisia | | - | Georgian |
| Zipporah | | zi-PAWR-ə (English), ZIP-ər-ə (English) | Biblical, Hebrew |
| Keri | | KER-ee | English |
| PaŠKo | | - | Croatian |
| Lal | | - | Indian, Hindi, Nepali |
| Ackerman | | ['ækəmən] | |