[syn: laxness, laxity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Laxness \Lax"ness\, n.
The state of being lax; laxity.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
laxness
n 1: the quality of being lax and neglectful [syn: laxness,
laxity, remissness, slackness]
2: the condition of being physiologically lax; "baths can help
the laxness of the bowels" [syn: laxness, laxity]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "laxness":
Fabian policy, Micawberism, abandon, abandonment, acceptance,
backwardness, bagginess, clemency, clementness, compassion, culpa,
culpable negligence, default, dereliction, dilatoriness, disregard,
easiness, easygoingness, failure, flabbiness, flaccidity,
flaccidness, floppiness, forbearance, forbearing, gentleness,
hesitation, hold-off, humaneness, humanity, immoderacy,
inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, incontinence,
indiscipline, intemperance, irrepressibility, laches,
laissez-faire, lapse, laxation, laxity, lenience, leniency,
lenientness, lenity, licentiousness, limpness, looseness,
mercifulness, mercy, mildness, moderateness, mugwump, neglect,
neglectfulness, negligence, noncoercion, nonfeasance,
noninterference, nonintimidation, nonperformance, nonrestriction,
omission, overlooking, oversight, patience, permissiveness, pity,
poor stewardship, procrastination, relaxation, remissness,
ricketiness, riotousness, rubberiness, shakiness, slackness,
slight, sloppiness, slowness, softness, stall, temporization,
tenderness, tolerance, unconstraint, uncontrol, uninhibitedness,
unreserve, unrestraint, unrigorousness, unruliness, unstrictness,
wantonness, wildness