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

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

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

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

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.

Diarrhoea- l. of the Teeth, Odontoseisis.

n. Want of tension, compactness, fixedness, as of material bodies;— levity or irregularity of conduct or life laxity of principles or morals; deviation from strict rules;— lewdness; unchastity;— alvine flux; diarrhea.