Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
LAXNESS
laxness, laxity, remissness, slackness
(noun) the quality of being lax and neglectful
laxness, laxity
(noun) the condition of being physiologically lax; “baths can help the laxness of the bowels”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
laxness (countable and uncountable, plural laxnesses)
The property of being lax, lacking strictness.
Source: Wiktionary
Lax"ness, n.
Definition: The state of being lax; laxity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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