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Laxity

LAX'ITY, n. [L. laxitas.] 1. Looseness; slackness; the opposite of tenseness or tension. 2. Looseness of texture. 3. Want of exactness or precision; as laxity of expression. 4. Looseness; defect of exactness;...

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LAX'ITY, n. [L. laxitas.]

1. Looseness; slackness; the opposite of tenseness or tension.

2. Looseness of texture.

3. Want of exactness or precision; as laxity of expression.

4. Looseness; defect of exactness; as laxity of morals.

5. Looseness, as of the bowels; the opposite of costiveness.

6. Openness; not closeness.

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