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Definition of Looseness

1. Noun. Frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor.

2. Noun. Freedom from restraint. "The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"

3. Noun. A lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice. "Misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"

4. Noun. The quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints.

5. Noun. Movement or space for movement. "There was too much play in the steering wheel"

6. Noun. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.

Definition of Looseness

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

Definition of Looseness

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

2. Noun. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy. ¹

3. Noun. Moral laxity; licentiousness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Looseness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Looseness

loosebox loosed loosefill loosehead looseheads looseleaf loosely loosely knit loosen loosen the apron strings

loosen the purse strings loosen up loosened loosener looseners looseness (current term) looseness of the bowels loosenesses loosening loosens

looser looses loosest loosestrife loosestrife family loosestrifes looseth loosey

Literary usage of Looseness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... and their disorderly walking, and unruly spirits, and looseness, in general words, not mentioning the particulars, except they be notoriously known. ..."

2. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Common Law as Altered and by Charles Petersdorff (1844)
"General evidence of looseness of character is admis- ... she had made such statements; but general evidence as to the looseness of character is admissible. ..."

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