looseness

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Noun
frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor
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freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made"
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a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression"
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the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
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movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel"
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dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure