looseness

1. frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumorSynonyms: diarrhea, diarrhoea, looseness, looseness of the bowels

2. freedom from restraintExamples: "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"Synonyms: looseness

3. a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practiceExamples: "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"Synonyms: looseness

4. the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraintsSynonyms: loosenessAntonyms: fixedness

5. movement or space for movementExamples: "there was too much play in the steering wheel"Synonyms: looseness, playAntonyms: tightness

6. dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasureSynonyms: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy