looseness

noun

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

Similar word(s): diarrhea, diarrhoea

Definition categories: state, symptom

2. freedom from restraint

- the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made

Definition categories: attribute, unrestraint

3. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice

- misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression

Definition categories: attribute, inaccuracy

4. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints

Definition categories: attribute, movability, movableness

5. movement or space for movement

Similar word(s): play

Definition categories: attribute, movability, movableness

6. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

Similar word(s): dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, profligacy

Definition categories: act, intemperance, intemperateness