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slackness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun slackness has 3 senses
- slackness(n = noun.attribute) inanition, lassitude, lethargy - weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy; Array is a kind of weakness
- slackness(n = noun.attribute) slack - the quality of being loose (not taut); "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope" is a kind of looseness, play
- slackness(n = noun.attribute) laxity, laxness, remissness - the quality of being lax and neglectful; Array is a kind of neglect, neglectfulness, negligence
Derived form adjective slack1
Derived form adjective slack3
ROGET THESAURUS
slackness
Laxity
N laxity, laxness, looseness, slackness, toleration, freedom, anarchy, interregnum, relaxation, loosening, remission, dead letter, brutum fulmen, misrule, license, licentiousness, insubordination, lynch law, nihilism, reign of violence, dethronement, deposition, usurpation, abdication, lax, loose, slack, remiss, weak, relaxed, licensed, reinless, unbridled, anarchical, unauthorized, adespotic.
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