Definition of 'looseness'

Noun

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
      Synonyms: diarrhea diarrhoea looseness of the bowels
2. freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"
3. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"
4. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
      Antonyms: fastness fixedness fixity fixture secureness
5. movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"
      Synonyms: play
      Antonyms: tightness tautness
6. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
      Synonyms: profligacy dissipation dissolution licentiousness

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