宣泄 (xuān xiè) is a verb meaning 'to vent' or 'to discharge'—especially strong emotions like anger, frustration, sadness, or stress. The character 宣 (xuān) means 'to proclaim', 'to announce', or 'to spread', while 泄 (xiè) means 'to leak', 'to release', or 'to discharge'. Together, they evoke the image of openly and actively letting out pent-up feelings, as if releasing pressure from a container. It often implies a conscious, sometimes intense or cathartic act—not just passive feeling, but deliberate emotional expression.

This word is commonly used in psychological, medical, or everyday contexts when discussing healthy emotional regulation. You’ll hear it in discussions about mental health (e.g., ‘finding healthy ways to vent’), therapy, parenting, or media commentary on public reactions to crises. While it can describe physical discharge (e.g., of energy or fluids) in technical or literary usage, its dominant modern sense is emotional release—and it carries a slightly formal or written register, appearing more often in articles, speeches, or counseling than in casual chat.