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Type Words
Synonyms laxness
Type of condition, status
Type Words
Synonyms laxness, remissness, slackness
Type of neglect, neglectfulness, negligence
Derivation lax

Examples of laxity

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Five years ago, the I.R.A. was plagued by corruption and laxity, McMullen said.
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Blaise Pascal attacked what he called moral laxity in the casuistry of the Jesuits.
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Is it the editors we should be targetting for the cause of all this laxity?
From the independent.co.uk
Other adjustments to correct special problems such as muscle laxity may be performed.
From the fresnobee.com
They assumed that without rules fiscal laxity by one member would impose costs on all.
From the economist.com
This laxity dates from when Canadian wine makers struggled to get enough local grapes.
From the economist.com
Greece's main sin was fiscal laxity, Ireland's an almighty property binge.
From the economist.com
Others mistake the relaxation of terror that followed Stalin's death for moral laxity.
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The laxity taints the credibility of every authorization in the state.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • Laxness: the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help the laxness of the bowels"
  • Laxness: the quality of being lax and neglectful
  • The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension; Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness
  • Condition marked by lack of tone or firmness.
  • Unloosed, relaxed; lack of elasticity.
  • When used to describe skin, skin laxity refers to looseness.
  • Carelessness, laziness
  • Motion in a joint outside the normal plane for that joint, due to loose ligaments.