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looseness

noun (n)

  • frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor(noun.state)
    source: wordnet30
  • freedom from restraint(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made.
    source: wordnet30
  • a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    Misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression.
    source: wordnet30
  • the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints(noun.attribute)
    source: wordnet30
  • movement or space for movement(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    play
    Antonym:
    tautness, tightness
    source: wordnet30
  • dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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