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laxity (iou)



laxity noun. E16.
[French laxite or Latin laxitas, from laxus LAX adjective: see -ITY.]
Looseness, esp. of the bowels; slackness, absence of tension. E16.
Looseness of texture or cohesion. E17.
Lack of strictness or severity; vagueness; lack of precision; an instance of this. E17.
R. L. Stevenson How are you, the apostle of laxity, to turn..about into the Rabbi of precision. R. Macaulay Laxity among the rich encourages immorality among the poor.