laxness
Carelessness in duty
Laxness is the quality of being lax—loose, slack, or insufficiently strict.
It often implies negligence or carelessness where more rigor is expected: The accident resulted from laxness in safety procedures.
Moral laxness suggests permissiveness or weak standards.
The word carries a tone of criticism.
Inattention causing mistakes
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- remissnessCulpable lack of care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
- inattentionLack of focus
neglect · irresponsibility · heedlessness · oversight · disregard · unmindfulness · slackness · looseness
State of doing nothing
- slothDisinclination to exert oneself
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
torpor · indolence · sluggishness · inactivity · listlessness · apathy · negligence · shirking
Willingness to accept difference
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- compassionConcern for others' distress
gentleness · patience · softness · flexibility · mildness · forbearance · lenity · indulgence
carelessness
Inattention causing mistakes
- sloppinessLack of neatness
- remissnessCulpable lack of care
- derelictionAbandonment of duty
inattention · neglect · irresponsibility · heedlessness · oversight · disregard · unmindfulness · slackness · looseness · permissiveness
idleness
State of doing nothing
- slothDisinclination to exert oneself
- lethargyAbnormal drowsiness and apathy
- languorWeary, dreamy fatigue
inertia · torpor · indolence · sluggishness · inactivity · listlessness · apathy · negligence · shirking · dawdling
tolerance
Willingness to accept difference
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
compassion · gentleness · patience · softness · flexibility · mildness · forbearance · lenity · indulgence · permissiveness
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- disorderchaos, chaotic, disarray, mess, disordered
laxnessstrictness
Inflexibility in enforcement
severity · rigor · stringency · harshness · sternness
laxnessdiligence
Careful, persistent effort
vigilance · carefulness · attentiveness · conscientiousness · heedfulness
relax, relaxed, relaxing, lax, relaxation, relaxes, laxative, laxity, laxly