Definitions for looseness
loose·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness of the bowels, loosenessnoun

   frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

2. loosenessnoun

   freedom from restraint

   "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"

3. loosenessnoun

   a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice

   "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"

4. loosenessnoun

   the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints

5. looseness, playnoun

   movement or space for movement

   "there was too much play in the steering wheel"

6. profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, loosenessnoun

   dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. loosenessnoun

   The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.

   See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does.

2. loosenessnoun

   A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.

3. loosenessnoun

   Moral laxity; licentiousness.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loosenessnoun

   Etymology: from loose.

   1. State contrary to that of being fast or fixed.

   The cause of the casting of skin and shell should seem to be the looseness of the skin or shell, that sticketh not close to the flesh. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   2. Latitude; criminal levity.

   A general looseness of principles and manners hath seized on us like a pestilence, that walketh not in darkness, but wasteth at noon-day. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   3. Irregularity; neglect of laws.

   He endeavoured to win the common people, both by strained curtesy and by looseness of life. John Hayward.

   4. Lewdness; unchastity.

   Courtly court he made still to his dame,
   Pour’d out in looseness on the grassy ground,
   Both careless of his health and of his fame. Fairy Qu.

   5. Diarrhœa; flux of the belly.

   Taking cold moveth looseness by contraction of the skin and outward parts. Francis Bacon, Natural History.

   In pestilent diseases, if they cannot be expelled by sweat, they fall likewise into looseness. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

   Fat meats, in phlegmatick stomachs, procure looseness and hinder retention. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Loosenessnoun

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

Matched Categories

1. • Inaccuracy
   • Movability
   • Unrestraint

How to pronounce looseness?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of looseness in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of looseness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of looseness in a Sentence

1. John Calvin:

   . . . I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=looseness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Looseness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=looseness
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/looseness