What does laxity mean?
Laxity means The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension..
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/ˈlaksɪti/ · noun
The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension..
In these days of laxity, and anythingism in religion, even those of whom we might hope better things do not appear exercised, with the apostle Paul, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men.
It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.
Use laxity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Laxity means The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension..
Common synonyms include laxness, remissness.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In these days of laxity, and anythingism in religion, even those of whom we might hope better things do not appear exercised, with the apostle Paul, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men.
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