GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Lax , a. [Compar. Laxer ; superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.]
   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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   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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   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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