LOOSENESS

profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness

(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

looseness, play

(noun) movement or space for movement; “there was too much play in the steering wheel”

looseness

(noun) the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints

looseness

(noun) a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; “misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression”

looseness

(noun) freedom from restraint; “the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made”

diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness

(noun) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

looseness (plural loosenesses)

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

A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.

Moral laxity; licentiousness.

Anagrams

• nooseless

Source: Wiktionary

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Loose"ness, n.

Definition: The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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