Laxest

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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