reˈlaxity rare.
[irreg. f. relax v. + -ity; cf. laxity.]
Relaxedness, freedom from restraint or tension; the state of being relaxed.
| a 1784 S. Johnson Sermons (1788) I. xiii. 271 Men have ever been persuaded, that by doing something, to which they think themselves not obliged, they may purchase an exemption from such duties as they find themselves inclined to violate: that they may commute with heaven for a temporal fine, and make rigour atone for relaxity. 1908 Daily Mail 30 June 9/5 The great secret of voice production is relaxity. |