Looseness

What does LOOSENESS mean?

1. noun

   frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor

2. noun

   freedom from restraint

   “the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made”

3. noun

   a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice

   “misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression”

4. noun

   the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.