Synonyms of the word

slackness

• n. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.

inanition

• n. Emptiness.
• n. (medicine) A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability…
• n. (philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy…

lassitude

• n. Lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.
• n. Listlessness or languor.

laxity

• n. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
• n. Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.

laxness

• n. The property of being lax, lacking strictness.

lethargy

• n. (pathology) A condition characterized by extreme fatigue or drowsiness, or prolonged sleep patterns.
• n. A state of extreme torpor or apathy, especially with lack of emotion or interest; loosely, sluggishness,…

looseness

• n. The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached…
• n. A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
• n. Moral laxity; licentiousness.

neglect

• v. (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
• v. (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
• v. (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
• n. The act of neglecting.
• n. The state of being neglected.
• n. Habitual lack of care.

neglectfulness

• n. The characteristic of being neglectful.

negligence

• n. The state of being negligent.
• n. (law, singular only) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct…
• n. (law, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable…

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

remissness

• n. The characteristic of being remiss; carelessness, negligence; tardiness.

slack

• n. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
• n. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
• n. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• n. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
• adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
• adj. Weak; not holding fast.
• adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
• adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
• adj. (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
• adv. Slackly.
• v. To slacken.
• v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
• v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy.
• v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort.
• v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

weakness

• n. (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
• n. (countable) An inadequate quality; fault.
• n. (countable) A special fondness or desire.