noun
1. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
• Hypernyms: ↑weakness
2. the quality of being lax and neglectful
• Syn: ↑laxness, ↑laxity, ↑remissness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑slack, ↑remiss (for: ↑remissness), ↑lax (for: ↑laxity), ↑lax (for: ↑laxness)
• Hypernyms: ↑negligence, ↑neglect, ↑neglectfulness
3. the quality of being loose (not taut)
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he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope
• Syn: ↑slack
Useful english dictionary. 2012.