| lax | (adjective) lacking in firmness or tension; not taut | - |
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| (adjective) pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') | - |
| (adjective) lacking in rigor or strictness | Synonyms: slack |
| (adjective) emptying easily or excessively | Synonyms: loose |
| laxation | (noun) the act of making something less tight | Synonyms: loosening |
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| (noun) the elimination of fecal waste through the anus | Synonyms: defecation, shitting |
| laxative | (adjective) stimulating evacuation of feces | - |
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| (noun) a mild cathartic | - |
| laxity | (noun) the quality of being lax and neglectful | Synonyms: laxness, remissness, slackness |
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| (noun) the condition of being physiologically lax | Synonyms: laxness |
| laxly | (adverb) in a permissively lenient manner | Synonyms: leniently |
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| laxness | (noun) the quality of being lax and neglectful | Synonyms: laxity, remissness, slackness |
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| (noun) the condition of being physiologically lax | Synonyms: laxity |