looseness
English
/ˈluːsnəs/
noun
Definitions
- The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.
- A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
- Moral laxity; licentiousness.
Etymology
Suffix from English loose.
Origin
English
loose
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- break loose English
- footloose English
- loose English
- loose-handed English
- loosefill English
- loosehead English
- loosejaw English
- looseleaf English
- loosely English
- loosen English
- looseth English
- loosey English
- loosish English
- outloose English
- overloose English
- ultraloose English
- unloose English
- ルーズ Japanese
- loos Middle English