looseness
Lack of tightness
Looseness is the quality of not being tight, firm, or strict.
Clothing can have looseness in its fit; a knot can have dangerous looseness.
The word extends to abstract domains: looseness in someone's reasoning suggests lack of rigor, while looseness in morals suggests lax standards.
The looseness of the translation frustrated scholars.
In older usage, looseness could mean diarrhea.
Absence of tautness
- untightenedMade less firm
- unfastenedNot held closed
- unsecuredNot backed by collateral
- unboundNot tied down
baggy · oversized · roomy · floppy · limp · saggy · droopy · flaccid
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
- lenienceMildness in judgment
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- slacknessAbsence of tautness
negligence · carelessness · leniency · remissness · softness · easiness · flexibility · latitude
Absence of precision
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- approximationNear but inexact value
- inexactitudeState of being approximate
- inaccuracyLack of precision
fuzziness · blurriness · indistinctness · nebulousness · uncertainty · generalization · sketchiness · roughness
Tendency to resume original form
- stretchPull to extend
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
- bendabilityCapacity to flex
resilience · give · springiness · limberness · malleability · plasticity · ductility · softness
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- libertinismUnrestrained indulgence in pleasure
- wantonnessUnrestrained immoral behavior
- immodestyAbsence of restraint or humility
unchastity · infidelity · adultery · polyamory · indiscretion · impropriety · profligacy
Lack of strain
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- casualnessUnstudied, relaxed demeanor
- informalityRelaxed, unofficial tone
- laid-backCalm and unhurried
unwind · leisureliness · effortlessness · nonchalance · breeziness · easygoing · unconstrained
Opening what was secured
- disconnectionState of being severed
- separationState of being apart
- disentanglementSeparation from complexity
- freeingReleasing from confinement
unbinding · unhooking · untying · unclipping · unbuckling · unlatching · unstrapping · uncoupling
slack
Absence of tautness
- untightenedMade less firm
- unfastenedNot held closed
- unsecuredNot backed by collateral
unbound · baggy · oversized · roomy · floppy · limp · saggy · droopy · flaccid · give
permissiveness
Tolerance of behavior others forbid
- lenienceMildness in judgment
- indulgenceYielding to desire
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
slackness · negligence · carelessness · leniency · remissness · softness · easiness · flexibility · latitude · leeway
vagueness
Absence of precision
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- approximationNear but inexact value
- inexactitudeState of being approximate
inaccuracy · fuzziness · blurriness · indistinctness · nebulousness · uncertainty · generalization · sketchiness · roughness · haziness
elasticity
Tendency to resume original form
- stretchPull to extend
- pliabilityAbility to bend easily
- supplenessCapacity to bend easily
bendability · resilience · give · springiness · limberness · malleability · plasticity · ductility · softness · bounciness
promiscuity
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- libertinismUnrestrained indulgence in pleasure
- wantonnessUnrestrained immoral behavior
immodesty · unchastity · infidelity · adultery · polyamory · indiscretion · impropriety · profligacy
ease
Lack of strain
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- casualnessUnstudied, relaxed demeanor
- informalityRelaxed, unofficial tone
laid-back · unwind · leisureliness · effortlessness · nonchalance · breeziness · easygoing · unconstrained
unfastening
Opening what was secured
- disconnectionState of being severed
- separationState of being apart
- disentanglementSeparation from complexity
freeing · unbinding · unhooking · untying · unclipping · unbuckling · unlatching · unstrapping · uncoupling · disengagement
- quality statefreshness, ripeness, cleanliness, dirtiness, purity
- imprecisionimprecision, inexactness, inaccuracy, vagueness, fuzziness
- creative libertiesartistic license, poetic license, liberties, creative liberties, fictionalization
- unclearnessvagueness, ambiguity, obscurity, haziness, fuzziness
- joint movementflexion, extension, rotation, abduction, adduction
- bodily sensationspain, ache, tingling, burning, numbness
loosenesstightness
State of being constricted
tautness · snugness · tension · constriction · compression
loosenesstightness
State of being constricted
firmness · fixedness · secureness · fastness · fixity
loosenessstrictness
Inflexibility in enforcement
propriety · discipline · conformity · rectitude · austerity
- loosened upBecame more relaxed