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[ lak-si-tee ] / ˈlæk sɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR laxity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or quality of being lax; looseness. Origin of laxityFirst recorded in 1520–30, laxity is from the Latin word laxitās wideness, openness. See lax, -ity Words nearby laxitylawyer vine, lax, Laxalt, laxation, laxative, laxity, Laxness, lay, layabout, lay about one, lay a finger on Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for laxityBut it is not only small airlines that reflect the laxity of the system. Who Will Get AsiaAir 8501’s Black Boxes?|Clive Irving|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST A revelation like that, combined with laxity in this Biogenesis investigation, would be damning in the extreme. Major League Baseball Is Right to Punish the Biogenesis Cheats|Michael Brendan Dougherty|June 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST The ban is part of a broader effort to dial back the legendary Dutch laxity on drug use. Dutch May Ban Hash but Would Permit Dutch Cannabis Use To Continue|Nadette De Visser|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST A little reflection, however, shows us that that laxity is but apparent. Nonsenseorship|G. G. Putnam and Others
Yet perchance I shall have cause not to be sorry for their laxity this once. A Gentleman Player|Robert Neilson Stephens Laxity means loss of power, and with loss of power the machine does not do as good work. Dollars and Sense|Col. Wm. C. Hunter Yet it is clear that, even intellectually, Nero was the worse for this laxity of training. Seekers after God|Frederic William Farrar Or perhaps they counted upon the rough and ready soldier as likely to countenance a large degree of laxity. The History of Cuba, vol. 1|Willis Fletcher Johnson
Words related to laxityindifference, indecision, leniency, laxness, indulgence |