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laxening

laxening is the present participle and gerund of laxen.

Meaning of laxen

Verb

laxen (third-person singular simple present laxens, present participle laxening, simple past and past participle laxened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become lax
    • Listing three phenomena of our day which marked past revolutions — increased crime rate, laxening sexual morals, loosened family ties — Dr. Possony remarked: "Things that would have raised the roof 20 years earlier are considered perfectly acceptable in a prerevolutionary period. […]"1967, The Lutheran Witness, volumes 86-87, page 106

Noun

laxening (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of making or becoming lax

Origin of laxening

From laxen + -ing.

Questions about laxening

What does laxening mean?
Laxening means the act or process of making or becoming lax.
What is laxening the present participle and gerund of?
Laxening is the present participle and gerund of laxen.
What part of speech is laxening?
Laxening is a noun.

Words near laxening in the dictionary

  1. laxator
  2. laxators
  3. laxed
  4. laxen
  5. laxened
  6. laxening
  7. laxer
  8. laxers
  9. laxes
  10. laxest
  11. Laxey

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