GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Lax (lăks), a. [Compar. Laxer (lăksˈẽr); superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.]
   1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, “a lax bandage; lax fiber.”
   
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   The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray.
   
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   2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
   
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   The discipline was lax. Macaulay.
   
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   Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds.
   
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   The word “æternus” itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin.
   
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   3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
   
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   Syn. -- Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.
   
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   Lax, n. A looseness; diarrhea.
   
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