laxity

Speech parts

1. laxity - Noun

2. laxity - Adjective

Meaning

The state or quality of being lax; want of tenseness, strictness, or exactness.

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Examples

Society 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

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