Laxity Synonyms

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Synonyms for Laxity

flaccidness
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floppiness
The characteristic or quality of being floppy
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leniency
The quality or condition of being lenient
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indulgence
(Roman Catholic Church) The remission of punishment still due, especially in purgatory, for a sin that has been sacramentally absolved.
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indecision
Reluctance or an inability to make up one's mind; irresolution.
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laxness
The property of being lax, lacking strictness.
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negligence
(Law, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
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remissness
The characteristic of being remiss; carelessness; negligence; tardiness.
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slackness
The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.
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whorishness
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Words Related to Laxity

indifference
Lack of concern, interest, or feeling; apathy
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careful
The state or quality of being negligent
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looseness
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stricture
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  • Indeed its founder, Ramananda, who probably flourished in the latter part of the 14th century, according to the traditional account, was originally a SriVaishnava monk, and, having come under the suspicion of laxity in observing the strict rules of food during his peregrinations, and been ordered by his superior (Mahant) to take his meals apart from his brethren, left the monastery in a huff and set up a schismatic math of his own at Benares.

  • Of trespassers the number killed per mile of line is about as large in England as in America, the density of population and of traffic in Great Britain apparently counterbalancing the laxity of the laws against trespassing in America.

  • The completion of the second Temple (516 B.C.) has been followed by disillusionment as to the anticipated prosperity, by indifference to worship, scepticism as to providence, and moral laxity.'

  • His increasing ill-health and a certain moral laxity (as shown in his judgment on Sappho) led to a quarrel with the consistory.

  • South Dakota long bore a notorious reputation for the laxity of its divorce laws.

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