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laxity

noun as in looseness

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Prison staff who went on strike in protest told the BBC how laxity inside jails was undermining morale and presenting a growing security risk.

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Residents have criticised officers for their “laxity and unprofessionalism” in dealing with the crime.

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Yet even that laxity proved too constraining for Saret, who chafed at being hemmed in, often to the point of self-sabotage.

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Conservative politicians still fear reforming the break will foster fiscal laxity at home and indirectly elsewhere in Europe.

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As it turned out, of course, Lee’s stabbing death seems to have had nothing to do with street crime or prosecutorial laxity or coddled criminals or “repeat violent offenders.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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