Definition of laxity
: the quality or state of being lax
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Emerging markets have suffered, but that reflects local troubles: botched reforms in Argentina; fiscal laxity in Brazil; inflation in Turkey.
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Fortunately, now there are several different noninvasive procedures that can improve the skin laxity in that area.
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While popular with 40- and 50-somethings, derms also use them preventatively on younger folks, since thickening the skin in this way can stave off laxity and wrinkles.
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As for fiscal laxity, net new borrowing of nearly $1trn is relatively small compared with the gross amount of debt America regularly rolls over.
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But with Facebook’s executives engaging in a torrent of apologies following revelations over the company’s data-sharing laxity, the timing could scarcely have been worse.
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Facebook’s laxity and the researcher’s malfeasance are newsworthy.
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The laxity in his ankle is already there, so this is not a new tear.
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That laxity has allowed, in the eyes of critics, a series of gigantic deals across the U.S. economy that have increased market concentration.
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First Known Use of laxity
1528
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of laxity
plural laxities
: the quality or state of being loose
- a certain laxity of the bowels
- ligamentous laxity
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