Antonyms for looseness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loos
Phonetic Transcription : lus


Definition of looseness

Origin :
  • c.1400, from loose + -ness.
  • As in license : noun abandon, indulgence
  • As in vice : noun bad habit; sin
  • As in irregularity : noun something that is irregular
  • As in promiscuity : noun lechery
  • As in immorality : noun corruption
  • As in improbity : noun corruption
  • As in libertinism : noun license
  • As in licentiousness : noun license
  • As in peccancy : noun evil
  • As in profligacy : noun license
  • As in corruption : noun baseness
  • As in evil : noun badness, immorality; disaster
Example sentences :
  • At most, with his looseness of morality, he regards debt as an inconvenience, not as a calamity.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • Children who are teething are frequently affected with looseness.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • But this looseness, resulting from the separation of the sexes, is accidental, not necessary.
  • Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton
  • There was great license and looseness of life, in both men and women.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 » by Various
  • Drouet was palavering himself with the looseness of excitement and passion.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • In mathematics, approximation is not guesswork, not looseness, and not error.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • The looseness of the spelling and figuring draws its consequences.
  • Extract from : « Psychology and Social Sanity » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • It fell with a looseness and 323 finality that told Masten of the end.
  • Extract from : « The Range Boss » by Charles Alden Seltzer
  • And a looseness with it, which however made it not so great as I have heretofore had it.
  • Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys
  • I have not yet observed any looseness: when I have I will take due care.
  • Extract from : « The love letters of Abelard and Heloise » by Peter Abelard

Synonyms for looseness

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