Looseness

//ˈluːsnəs// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.

    "See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does."

  2. 2
    dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure wordnet
  3. 3
    A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
  4. 4
    movement or space for movement wordnet
  5. 5
    Moral laxity; licentiousness.

    "Yet goodly court he made still to his Dame, / Pourd out in loosnesse on the grassy grownd [...]."

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  1. 6
    the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints wordnet
  2. 7
    a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice wordnet
  3. 8
    freedom from restraint wordnet
  4. 9
    frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor wordnet

Synonyms

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abandonaffabilityallowanceamorphousnessapproximationbagginess

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"See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does."

Etymology

From loose + -ness.

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