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laxity

/ˈlaksɪti/ UK

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Borrowed from Middle French laxité, itself borrowed from Latin laxitas, laxitatem, from laxus. By surface analysis, lax + -ity.

noun laxities

countable, uncountable The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
Similar: laxness
countable, uncountable Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness. In these days of laxity, and anythingism in religion, even those of whom we might hope better things do not appear exercised, with the apostle Paul, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men.

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noun laxness

Español	laxidad
हिन्दी	शिथिलता śithiltā

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@misc{laxity_2026,
  title = {laxity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laxity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}