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