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noun
The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: laxness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being lax and neglectful
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: laxness, remissness, slackness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: negligence, neglect, neglectfulness
noun
the condition of being physiologically lax
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: laxness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
History
Borrowed from Middle French laxité, itself borrowed from Latin laxitas, laxitatem, from laxus. By surface analysis, lax + -ity.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
