looseness

looseness
noun
1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑loose, ↑diarrhoetic (for: ↑diarrhoea), ↑diarrhoeal (for: ↑diarrhoea), ↑diarrhetic (for: ↑diarrhea), ↑diarrheal (for: ↑diarrhea)
• Hypernyms: ↑symptom
• Hyponyms: ↑the shits, ↑the trots, ↑Montezuma's revenge
• Part Holonyms: ↑dysentery
2. freedom from restraint
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the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made

• Derivationally related forms: ↑loose
• Hypernyms: ↑unrestraint
3. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice
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misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression

• Derivationally related forms: ↑loose
• Hypernyms: ↑inaccuracy
4. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
• Ant: ↑fixedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑loose
• Hypernyms: ↑movability, ↑movableness
5. movement or space for movement
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there was too much play in the steering wheel

• Syn: ↑play
• Ant: ↑tightness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑play (for: ↑play), ↑loose
• Hypernyms: ↑movability, ↑movableness
• Hyponyms: ↑wiggliness, ↑slack, ↑slackness
6. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
• Derivationally related forms: ↑loose, ↑licentious (for: ↑licentiousness), ↑dissipate (for: ↑dissipation)
• Hypernyms: ↑intemperance, ↑intemperateness, ↑self-indulgence

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Looseness — Loose ness, n. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • looseness — index informality, laxity, vice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • looseness — c.1400, from LOOSE (Cf. loose) + NESS (Cf. ness) …   Etymology dictionary

  • looseness — noun /ˈluːsnəs/ a) The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut. See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does. b) A relaxed state re …   Wiktionary

  • looseness — loose ► ADJECTIVE 1) not firmly or tightly fixed in place. 2) not held, tied, or packaged together. 3) not bound or tethered. 4) not fitting tightly or closely. 5) not dense or compact. 6) relaxed: her loose, easy stride. 7) careless an …   English terms dictionary

  • looseness of morals — index perversion Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • looseness of the bowels — noun frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑diarrhea, ↑diarrhoea, ↑looseness • Derivationally related forms: ↑loose (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • looseness — noun see loose I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • looseness — See loosely. * * * …   Universalium

  • looseness — Synonyms and related words: Bohemianism, affability, allowance, amorphousness, approximation, bagginess, blobbiness, blowziness, blurriness, broadness, carelessness, casualness, chambering, chintziness, common touch, cordiality, culpa, culpable… …   Moby Thesaurus

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