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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lak-si-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæk sɪ ti |
Définition of laxity
Origin :- 1520s, from Middle French laxité, from Latin laxitatem (nominative laxitas) "width, spaciousness," from laxus (see lax).
- noun looseness
- Laxity in the observance of this rule will result disastrously.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- The laxity of morals at the beginning of our era has been exaggerated but it was real.
- Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont
- The laxity of "foreigners" on this article of the Creed is proverbial.
- Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- The English laxity had led to too much liberty, to doubting, even.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Detroit » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- Only if there was laxity in the handling of the planet's motion would a storm come.
- Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings
- This was not due to laxity of morals, but to the fact that they had no taboos on reality.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- Too much zeal in a subordinate is even more fatal than laxity.
- Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte
- He is not bound at all but rather relaxed; and his violence is not only a relaxation but a laxity.
- Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton
- Any laxity, and the laziest man was bound to start an epidemic of laziness.
- Extract from : « Adventures in Many Lands » by Various
- This laxity misled Danton into supposing that escape was practicable.
- Extract from : « The Road to Frontenac » by Samuel Merwin
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