1. (

• diarrhea ,
• diarrhoea ,
• looseness_of_the_bowels ,
• looseness

) frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor ;

2. (

• looseness ,

) freedom from restraint; "the flexibility and looseness of the materials from which mythology is made" ;

3. (

• looseness ,

) a lack of strict accuracy; laxity of practice; "misunderstandings can often be traced to a looseness of expression" ;

4. (

• looseness ,

) the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints ;

5. (

• looseness ,
• play

) movement or space for movement; "there was too much play in the steering wheel" ;

6. (

• profligacy ,
• dissipation ,
• dissolution ,
• licentiousness ,
• looseness

) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure ;