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LAX

Definition:

1. [adjective] lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"
   Synonyms: slack
   
   
2. [adjective] pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
   
   
3. [adjective] not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope"
   
   
4. [adjective] lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
   Synonyms: flaccid, limp, slack
   
   
5. [adjective] tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children"
   Synonyms: indulgent, lenient, soft
   
   
6. [adjective] emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
   Synonyms: loose
   
   

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