Definition of "laxity" []

• The state or quality of being lax. (noun)

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• "This laxity is nothing but a way to encourage these people to commit heinous acts."
• "This laxity is being forced out of the supposed national-religious camp by the ‘hardalim’."
• "Some even suggest that this laxity is deliberate and that the enormously wealthy narco dealers may have gotten to the inspectors."