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Lax

  1. adjective

    pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

  2. adjective

    lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

    “a lax rope”

  3. adjective

    lacking in rigor or strictness

    “such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable”

    Similar: slack

  4. adjective

    emptying easily or excessively

    “loose bowels”

    Similar: loose

Word family

laxation · laxness · laxity · laxly