laxity
Absence of rigor
Laxity is the quality of being lax—loose, slack, or not sufficiently strict.
It most often describes a failure to maintain proper standards or discipline: The audit revealed years of laxity in financial oversight.
Physical laxity refers to looseness in joints or tissues.
The word carries a tone of mild criticism, suggesting negligence or carelessness where rigor was expected.
Absence of tautness
- saggingBending downward weakly
- flaccidityLack of firmness
- limpnessState of lacking rigidity
- droopinessState of hanging limply
give · play · slack · loosening · relaxedness · bagginess · flexibility · pliability
Inattention causing mistakes
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- remissnessCulpable lack of care
- inattentionLack of focus
- neglectFailure to provide care
oversight · irresponsibility · sloppiness · disregard · heedlessness · inadvertence · unmindfulness · lapse
Merciful treatment of offenders
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
mercy · forbearance · liberality · softness · gentleness · compassion · understanding · latitude
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
waywardness · looseness · profligacy · abandon · impropriety · indiscipline · degeneracy · corruption
slackness
Absence of tautness
- saggingBending downward weakly
- flaccidityLack of firmness
- limpnessState of lacking rigidity
droopiness · give · play · slack · loosening · relaxedness · bagginess · flexibility · pliability · suppleness
carelessness
Inattention causing mistakes
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- remissnessCulpable lack of care
- inattentionLack of focus
neglect · oversight · irresponsibility · sloppiness · disregard · heedlessness · inadvertence · unmindfulness · lapse · failure
clemency
Merciful treatment of offenders
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- permissivenessTolerance of behavior others forbid
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
forgiveness · mercy · forbearance · liberality · softness · gentleness · compassion · understanding · latitude · leeway
permissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- decadenceMoral decline through excess
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
immorality · waywardness · looseness · profligacy · abandon · impropriety · indiscipline · degeneracy · corruption · wantonness
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
- Skin Agingwrinkles, fine lines, sagging, crow's feet, age spots
- chaosmayhem, chaotic, pandemonium, bedlam, turmoil
- flexibilitystretch, elastic, bendy, stretchy, bendable
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- indifferenceapathy, indifference, unconcern, disinterest, nonchalance
laxitystrictness
Inflexibility in enforcement
severity · rigor · stringency · discipline · sternness
laxityvigilance
State of keen awareness
attentiveness · watchfulness · alertness · carefulness · diligence
laxityexactness
Correctness in every detail
precision · accuracy · exactitude · rigorousness · punctiliousness