lax
adj.
lenient, permissive; vague, inexact; negligent, careless; loose, slack
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Laxity /lax·i·ty/ 1. slackness or looseness; a lack of tautness, firmness, or rigidity. 2. slackness or displacement in the motion of a joint. [
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lax
Adjective
1. lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"
(synonym) slack
(similar) negligent
2. pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
(antonym) tense
(classification) phonetics
3. not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope"
(antonym) tense
(similar) drooping, droopy, sagging
(see-also) loose
4. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
(synonym) flaccid, limp, slack
(similar) weak
5. tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children"
(synonym) indulgent, lenient, soft
(similar) permissive
6. emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
(synonym) loose
(similar) unconstipated, regular
lax
adj.
lax, lenient, permissive, easy-going, loose, negligent, slack
adv.
laxly, loosely, permissively, unrestrictively