Lax

a. [compar. LAXER; superl. LAXEST.] [Lat. laxus, Sp. & Pg. laxo, Fr. lâche, O. Fr. lasche, Pr. lasc, lasch, lax, It. lasco, from Lat. lascus, for laxus; but It. lusso, Sp. & Pg. laso, Fr. & Pr. las, from Lat. lassus.]

1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; flabby; soft; as, lax flesh; a lax fiber.
2. Slack; not tight or tense; as, a lax cord.
3. Sparse; not crowded; as, lax foliage.
4. Not firmly united; of loose texture. “Gravel and the like laxer matter.” Woodward.
5. Not severe, rigid, or strict; easy or indulgent in principles or discipline. “Lax and moral discourses.” Baker.
6. Loose in the intestines, and having too frequent discharges.

Syn.—Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.