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.
See also: safety, valve

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Tsisia-Georgian
Zipporahzi-PAWR-ə (English), ZIP-ər-ə (English)Biblical, Hebrew
KeriKER-eeEnglish
PaŠKo-Croatian
Lal-Indian, Hindi, Nepali
Ackerman['ækəmən]