Thesaurus: lax

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1. v. t. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
2. v. t. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
3. v. t. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
4. n. A looseness; diarrhea.
5. adj. lacking in rigor or strictness
6. adj. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in ‘bet’)
7. adj. lacking in firmness or tension; not taut
8. adj. emptying easily or excessively
9. 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray. 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds. The word "æternus" itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin. 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal. Syn. -- Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious. A looseness; diarrhea.
10. j:100 s. lacking in rigor or strictness a. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') a. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience s. emptying easily or excessively