Looseness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being loose or relaxed; laxness of attachment, adjustment, connection, or coherence: as, the looseness of a cord or a vein; looseness of the skin, of earth, or of the texture of cloth; looseness of expression or of reasoning.
  • noun. Irregularity; instability; habitual deviation from rules; as applied to conduct, laxity; immorality; disorder.
  • noun. Flux from the bowels; diarrhea.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
  • noun. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
  • noun. Moral laxity; licentiousness.
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  • noun. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
  • noun. movement or space for movement
  • noun. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  • noun. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
  • noun. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
  • noun. freedom from restraint
  • Word Usage
    "The point is trivial, since she was six months old at the time of this first visit and obviously remembered nothing of it, but it indicates a certain looseness in brushwork."
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