Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Laxity (Absence of authority)

Nouns
  • laxity
  • laxness, looseness, slackness
  • toleration etc. (lenity) Lenity
  • freedom etc. Freedom. anarchy, interregnum
  • relaxation
  • loosening etc. v.
  • remission
  • dead letter, misrule
  • license, licentiousness
  • insubordination etc. (disobedience) Disobedience
  • lynch law etc. (illegality) [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality
  • nihilism, reign of violence. [Deprivation of power] dethronement, deposition, usurpation, abdication.
Verbs
  • be lax etc. adj.
  • hold a loose rein
  • give the reins to, give rope enough, give a loose to
  • tolerate
  • relax
  • misrule. go beyond the length of one's tether
  • have one's swing, have one's fling
  • act without instructions, act without authority, act outside of one's authority
  • act on one's own responsibility, usurp authority. dethrone, depose
  • abdicate.
Adjectives