looseness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: looseness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for looseness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
looseness n frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor Synonym(s): diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, looseness 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 Antonym(s): fastness, fixedness, fixity, fixture, secureness movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel" Synonym(s): looseness, play Antonym(s): tautness, tightness dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure Synonym(s): profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Looseness \Loose"ness\, n. The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.