1. laxity - Noun
2. laxity - Adjective
The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.
Source: Webster's dictionarySociety is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all. Alexis de Tocqueville
Those who live alone slide into the habit of vertical eating: why bother with the niceties when there's no one to share or censure? But laxity in one area may lead to derangement in all. Margaret Atwood
baths can help the laxness of the bowels Source: Internet
During a time of great moral laxity, he insisted on discipline, and strove to develop the practice of the monastic virtues. Source: Internet
He is well known for having given a series of lectures in which he championed a pure form of Christian doctrine and chastised his audience about their laxity. Source: Internet
The driving responsum was later severely criticized by Conservative rabbis, and was charged with imparting the movement was overly keen to condone the laxity of congregants. Source: Internet