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laxity

/ˈlaksɪti/

laxity noun: the state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.

Noun

laxity (countable and uncountable, plural laxities)

  1. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
    Synonyms:
    laxness
  2. 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.1880, The Gospel standard, or Feeble Christian's support
    • It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.1981 April 5, Theodore Solotaroff, “REVIVING THE ANCIENT ART OF EXECUTION”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025

laxity meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

laxity in Hindi

laxness
शिथिलता śithiltā

laxity in Urdu

ڈھیل, ڈھیلا پن, کسل, نرمی, سستی

laxity in Bengali

শিথিল হওয়ার অবস্থা, আলগা ভাব, উত্তেজনার অভাব, নৈতিক শিথিলতা, কঠোরতা, নির্ভুলতার অভাব

laxity in Malayalam

കാർക്കശ്യമില്ലായ്മ, അയവ്
More languagesFewer languages
laxity in Kannada
ಸಡಿಲ, ಜಾಳಾಗಿರುವುದು, ಖಚಿತವಾಗಿಲ್ಲದಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟತೆ

Synonyms of laxity

Forms of laxity

plurallaxities

Origin of laxity

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

Words formed from laxity

Questions about laxity

What does laxity mean?
Laxity means the state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
What is laxity in Hindi?
Laxity in Hindi is शिथिलता (śithiltā). See Laxity meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is laxity?
Laxity is a noun.
How do you pronounce laxity?
Laxity is pronounced /ˈlaksɪti/ (UK).
What is the plural of laxity?
The plural of laxity is laxities.

Words near laxity in the dictionary

  1. laxing
  2. laxism
  3. laxist
  4. laxists
  5. laxities
  6. laxity
  7. laxly
  8. Laxmana
  9. Laxmi
  10. Laxmidas
  11. laxness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: laxity (page history and authors); laxity (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laxity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laxity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laxity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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