- 1(disapproving) not strict, severe, or careful enough about work, rules, or standards of behavior synonym slack, careless lax security/discipline a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
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- 2(phonetics) (of a speech sound) produced with the muscles of the speech organs relaxed opposite tense
NAmE//ˈlæksət̮i//
noun [uncountable] the moral laxity of today's societySee lax in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: lax