Definitions of looseness

1. movement or space for movement; " there was too much play in the steering wheel"

2. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

3. The state of being loose; slackness; the opposite of tightness or rigidness; laxity; irregularity; habitual lewdness; diarrhoea; to break loose, to escape from confinement or restraint; to let loose, to set at liberty.