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)
- The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
- Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.