English → Latin
“laxity” in Latin
remissiōa sending back, release; a slackening, diminishing, abatement; relaxation, recreationlēniōto soften, soothe; to mollify, assuage, appease, pacifyintentiōstrain, tension; increase, augmentation; exertion, effort
The English word laxity itself goes back to Latin laxus, through laxitas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
laxity
perhaps remissio (slackness; opposed to contentio or intentio, PROP. and figuratively): negligentia (e.g., of our institutions, institutorum nostrorum in disciplina puerili, Cic.): remissio animi ac dissolutio (used by Cic. of a tame want of spirit, but applicable to any sluggishness of mind): lenitas (mildness, as preventing the due correction of offences; opposed to severitas, Cic., Cat., 2, 4): or by circumlocution with adjective. ☞ Laxitas in this sense, Arnobius; Cic. uses the word in the sense of spaciousness, roominess): laxity of moral sentiment, animus dissolutus: laxity of conduct, mores dissoluti.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for laxity?
- The usual Latin words for “laxity” are remissiō, lēniō, intentiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.