Baths can help the laxness of the bowels. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : lax morals; a lax attitude toward discipline. ,a lax rope; a lax handshake. ,lax ideas. ,lax tissue; lax texture. From Dictionary.com.
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. From Wordnik.com. [Uninvited tourists attend White House breakfast, meet Obama] Reference
The Minister was not happy and berated me for my laxness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-10-01] Reference
When you wandered the streets of Opal you sensed the laxness. From Wordnik.com. [Shadow Games]
She could feel the laxness of her muscles as Discipline eased. From Wordnik.com. [Survivors]
Still, the NYPD is intent on erasing any impression of laxness. From Wordnik.com. [A Return To Wilding] Reference
It seemed to be just over the top in terms of the laxness of it. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference
I guess accidents are the result of the laxness of safety standards. From Wordnik.com. [25 killed in West Virginia mine blast] Reference
He had wondered at the laxness of the Mexicans, in setting no guard. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Man’s Walk] Reference
Education has suffered by the laxness of this second mode of preparation. From Wordnik.com. [On the Firing Line in Education] Reference
Panetta is there to reform the laxness and flexible standards of the CIA. From Wordnik.com. [Feinstein Explains Her Reticence* About Panetta Nomination] Reference
Roman empire was preceded by an extraordinary laxness of the marriage tie. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Life of the Christian] Reference
PILGRIM: Some take a harder view of Iran's laxness in stopping terrorists. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2004] Reference
Federal Council of Churches recorded itself against the prevailing laxness. From Wordnik.com. [Society Its Origin and Development] Reference
"If you were so convinced of my moral laxness, why did you invite me here?". From Wordnik.com. [Falcon's Prey]
Such laxness never would have been tolerated under Nadhari's administration. From Wordnik.com. [Massage] Reference
Litrlly BILLYUNS of kittehs is killed EBERY DARN DAY by dis sort ob laxness. From Wordnik.com. [I starving artist - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Perhaps Khezal's discipline counted for more than the laxness of Captain Shamil. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Valiant]
As my dependence on/addiction to said computer steadily grew…so did my laxness. From Wordnik.com. [weapons of massdistraction › Hurting The One We Love, A Cautionary Tale] Reference
"But some of the priests have mentioned to me a little laxness in the ritual dress.". From Wordnik.com. [Asimov's Science Fiction]
“But some of the priests have mentioned to me a little laxness in the ritual dress.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
I've just HAD IT with the laxness of liberal approach to public safety -- which isn't much. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Suspect In Cop's Traffic Death Should Have Been In Jail] Reference
Never mind that it had been Hafiz's laxness, not theirs, that had put the dancers on this planet. From Wordnik.com. [Massage] Reference
When I passed through their immigration screening, I was appalled at the laxness of their checking. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2006] Reference
His laxness regarding her had been commented on, even by those who knew that Blysse had the king's favor. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
So I have really focused on the criminal justice system and the laxness in the elected and appointed officials. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Texas Escapees Caught: Four in Custody; At Least One Refuses to Surrender - January 22, 2001] Reference
If there was any approach toward laxness in the marriage laws of the colonies, it may have been in Pennsylvania. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Life in Colonial Days] Reference
The case reflects laxness, to say the least, in the implementation and monitoring of the mandatory arms embargo. From Wordnik.com. [NO ACCOMMODATION WITH APARTHEID] Reference
China may go too far one way but the extreme laxness in the U.S. gives China a reason to be careful with freedom. From Wordnik.com. [China Is One Extreme, U.S. Is Another] Reference
In Russia, for example, rigidity often gave way to laxness and disorder - too many rules were replaced by too few. From Wordnik.com. [National Security Strategy For New Century] Reference
Since coming to the Meiggs Plantation there had been a certain amount of laxness in regard to what the children did. From Wordnik.com. [Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's] Reference
We may need to reform our laxness and cease living with a conscience that condemns us, or even worse, grows insensitive. From Wordnik.com. [Remember the Sabbath to Keep It Holy* « Unknowing] Reference
This laxness, too — facilitating a tendentious conclusion-mongering as it does — signals a corrupted intellectuality. From Wordnik.com. [Curry on the Wegman Reports « Climate Audit] Reference
Lenders moreover have tightened lending standards, correcting an excessive laxness that contributed to our financial mess. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Push Banks to Make Bad Loans] Reference
There are days in March that would resemble it, could you take out of them the damp, the laxness of nerve, and the spring melancholy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
The legacy of this earlier incarnation of "The Corrupt Bastards 'Club" was the regulatory laxness that led to the Exxon Valdez tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [GOP Rep. Don Young Has New Dem Challenger] Reference
The fact of the matter is the policies she would embrace of big government, government meddlesomeness, even more laxness in the tort laws. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 1, 2006] Reference
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