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Webster 1913 Edition


Laxness

Lax′ness

,
Noun.
The state of being lax; laxity.

Webster 1828 Edition


Laxness

LAX'NESS

, n.
1.
Looseness; softness; flabbiness; as the laxness of flesh or of muscles.
2.
Laxity; the opposite of tension.
3.
Looseness, as of morals or discipline.
4.
Looseness, as of the bowels.
5.
Slackness, as of a cord.

Definition 2024


laxness

laxness

English

Noun

laxness (countable and uncountable, plural laxnesses)

  1. The property of being lax, lacking strictness.
    There was a certain laxness in safety preparations that made the fire worse.

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