laxity

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French laxité, itself borrowed from Latin laxitas, laxitatem, from laxus.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaksɪti/

Noun

laxity (countable and uncountable, plural laxities)

  1. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
  2. Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.
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