laxistn.
/ˈlaksɪst/ A person who favours lax views or interpretation: spec. the designation given by modern historians to the school of casuists in the Roman Catholic church who maintained that it was justifiable to follow any probability, however slight, in favour of liberty. Also attributive.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > immorality > immoral person > [noun]
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > [noun] > moral freedom > advocate of
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society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > branches of theology > [noun] > moral theology > laxist > adherent
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1865 F. Oakeley in Ess. Relig. & Lit. 144 One of two extreme attitudes; that of unpractical theorists, on the one hand, or that of practical laxists on the other.
1882 Littledale in Encycl. Brit. XIV. 638/2 Some of the stricter casuists say so, but Liguori sides with the laxists.
1884 Church Times 366/2 There is a disastrous recommendation of the laxist school in handling moral questions.
1890 Guardian 7 May 741/1 There have been ‘rigorist’ and ‘laxist’ views on points of morals and discipline.
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- plausiblenesses
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- play
- play a game
- play a game of brag
- play a good knife and fork
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- play a holding game
- play a hunch
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