Lax
Lax (laks) , adjective
[Latin laxus Compare Laches, Languish, Lease, transitive verb, Leash.]
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.
2.
Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
The discipline was lax.
Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions.
The word “aternus” itself is sometimes of a lax signification.
3.
Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
Lax , noun
A looseness; diarrhea.