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Synonyms for looseness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : loos

Phonetic Transcription : lus

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Définition of looseness

Origin : c.1400, from loose + -ness.

As in license : noun abandon, indulgence
As in vice : noun bad habit; sin
As in irregularity : noun something that is irregular
As in promiscuity : noun lechery
As in immorality : noun corruption
As in improbity : noun corruption
As in libertinism : noun license
As in licentiousness : noun license
As in peccancy : noun evil
As in profligacy : noun license
As in corruption : noun baseness
As in evil : noun badness, immorality; disaster

Example sentences :

At most, with his looseness of morality, he regards debt as an inconvenience, not as a calamity.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

Children who are teething are frequently affected with looseness.
Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys

But this looseness, resulting from the separation of the sexes, is accidental, not necessary.
Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton

There was great license and looseness of life, in both men and women.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 » by Various

Drouet was palavering himself with the looseness of excitement and passion.
Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

In mathematics, approximation is not guesswork, not looseness, and not error.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

The looseness of the spelling and figuring draws its consequences.
Extract from : « Psychology and Social Sanity » by Hugo Mnsterberg

It fell with a looseness and 323 finality that told Masten of the end.
Extract from : « The Range Boss » by Charles Alden Seltzer

And a looseness with it, which however made it not so great as I have heretofore had it.
Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys

I have not yet observed any looseness: when I have I will take due care.
Extract from : « The love letters of Abelard and Heloise » by Peter Abelard

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