01 a. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
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1.
Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.“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.“The discipline was lax.” — Macaulay.“Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions.” — J. A. Symonds.“The word “æternus” itself is sometimes of a lax signification.” — Jortin.
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3.
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Syn.
Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.