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Definition of Laxness

1. Noun. The quality of being lax and neglectful.

2. Noun. The condition of being physiologically lax. "Baths can help the laxness of the bowels"

Definition of Laxness

1. n. The state of being lax; laxity.

Definition of Laxness

1. Noun. The property of being lax, lacking strictness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Laxness

1. laxity [n -ES] - See also: laxity

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laxness

laxatives laxator laxator tympani laxators laxer laxers laxes laxest laxism laxisms

laxist laxists laxities laxity laxly laxness (current term) laxnesses lay-by lay-bys lay-down

lay-in lay-ins lay-off lay-offs lay-up lay a finger on lay a foundation lay a venue lay about

Literary usage of Laxness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Liquor Licensing in England, Principally from 1700 to 1830 by Sidney Webb, Beatrice (Potter) Webb (1903)
"CHAPTER II A PERIOD OF laxness FROM the end of the seventeenth century, at any rate, a period of extreme laxness set in. Licences to keep alehouses were ..."

2. A History of Missouri by Eugene Morrow Violette (1918)
"It has been stated that the Spaniards made no dis- (6) laxness crimination between Catholics and Protestants in making '"the En~ , these grants, ..."

3. Surgical Diseases of Children: A Modern Treatise on Pediatric Surgery by Samuel Walter Kelley (1909)
"... received a great deal of attention in efforts for its relief. occurs much more frequently in females than in males. Ketch Fie. 103 ILLUSTRATING laxness ..."

4. Cleveland Foundation Survey of Criminal Justice in Cleveland by Cleveland Foundation (1921)
"laxness IN PUNISHING OFFENSES AGAINST JUSTICE The statistics for the Common Pleas cases begun in 1919 yield impressive evidence of this callousness toward ..."

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