looseness

Meaning

1. The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
2. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
3. Moral laxity; licentiousness.

Synonyms

laxity

slackness

slack

dissolution

play

licentiousness

dissipation

bagginess

profligacy

relaxation

diarrhea

diarrhoea

backlash

friability

looseness of the bowels

flexibility

flaccidity

lechery

self-indulgence

flabbiness

wantonness

roominess

scours

sketchiness

slacken

softness

sparsity

unsteadiness

whimsy

wobble

the shits

chalasia

laissez-aller

relaxation of rule

abandon

nonchalance Unrestrainedness

air gap

alleviation

dissoluteness

excess

fattiness

gap

indiscretion

intemperance

laxness

leniency

lessening

licence

license

lightness

Translations

dissolutezza

llibertinatge

Ausschweifung

χαλαρότητα

débauche

dissolució

diarrhée

αοριστία

αστάθεια

ασάφεια

Zügellosigkeit

λασκάρισμα

ακολασία

Exzess

παίξιμο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈluːsnəs/

Etymology

From loose + -ness.