Looseness - Definition

n 1: frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of
infection or food poisoning or colitis or a
gastrointestinal tumor [syn: diarrhea, diarrhoea,
looseness of the bowels, looseness]
2: freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the
materials from which mythology is made"
3: a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice;
"misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of
expression"
4: the quality of movability by virtue of being free from
attachment or other restraints [ant: fastness, fixedness,
fixity, fixture, secureness]
5: movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in
the steering wheel" [syn: looseness, play] [ant:
tautness, tightness]
6: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy,
dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]