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Adjective lax has 6 senses
- lax, slack - lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"
Antonym: diligent (indirect, via negligent)
- lax - pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
Antonyms: tense, constricted
- lax - not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope"
Antonyms: tense, overstrung, taut, tight
- flaccid, lax, limp, slack - lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip"
Antonym: strong (indirect, via weak)
- indulgent, lax, lenient, soft - tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children"
Antonym: unpermissive (indirect, via permissive)
- lax, loose - emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
Antonym: constipated (indirect, via unconstipated)
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