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Lax (lăks), a. [Compar. Laxer (lăks"&etilde_;r); superl. Laxest.] [L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.] 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
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The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray.
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2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
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The discipline was lax. Macaulay.
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Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds.
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The word “æternus” itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin.
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3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
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Syn. -- Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.
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Lax, n. A looseness; diarrhea.
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