Synonyms for laxity


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
Example sentences :
  • 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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