Dictionary definition · looseness
noun
- frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
- freedom from restraint"the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"
- a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice"misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"
- the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
- movement or space for movement"there was too much play in the steering wheel"
- dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).