English to English
looseness
noun (n)
- frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor(noun.state)source: wordnet30
- freedom from restraint(noun.attribute)Example:
The flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made.
source: wordnet30 - a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice(noun.attribute)Example:
Misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression.
source: wordnet30 - the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints(noun.attribute)source: wordnet30
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.(noun)source: webster1913