LAX

lax. Lax, a. loose, vague, slack; n. a looseness, a fish

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Lax (lăks), a. [Compar. Laxer (–ẽr); superl. Laxest.] [[L. laxus Cf. Laches, Languish, Lease, v. t., Leash.]] 1. 1. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. Ray. 2. 2. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
The discipline was lax. Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds. The word “æternus” itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin. 3. 3. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Syn. — Loose; slack; vague; unconfined; unrestrained; dissolute; licentious.