Definition of "laxness" [lax•ness]

• The property of being lax, lacking strictness. (noun)

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• "There is however a certain unprecedented air of laxness from the Secret Service, or maybe these things have been occurring all along and we haven't heard about it."
• "Yet, by a curious exception, the supreme legislative assembly must have one-tenth, and may have one-half of its members outside the order, because, it is alleged, there is a sort of wisdom that comes of sin and laxness, which is necessary to the perfect ruling of life."
• "Mexican authorities have complained for years of what they have termed the laxness of their American counterparts towards the flow of weapons legally purchased in the U.S. and bound towards its southern neighbor."