Lăx'i-ty, n.

n. [Lat. laxitas, from laxus, loose, slack; Sp. laxidad, Pr. laxetat, It. laschità, Fr. laxité, lâcheté. See LAX.] The quality of being lax or loose; as, (a.) Slackness, as of a cord. (b.) Looseness, as of a texture. (c.) Want of exactness or precision; as, laxity of expression. (d.) Defect of exactness; as, laxity of morals. (e.) Looseness, as of the intestines;—the opposite of costiveness. (f.) Openness;—the opposite of closeness.