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单词 relaxity
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relaxityn.

Brit. /rᵻˈlaksᵻti/, U.S. /rəˈlæksədi/, /riˈlæksədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relax v., -ity suffix.
Etymology: Irregularly < relax v. + -ity suffix, after laxity n. Compare earlier relaxedness n. at relaxed adj. Derivatives and relaxation n.
Now rare.
The state of being relaxed; an instance of this.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [noun]
freedomOE
freenesslOE
libertya1393
licence?a1400
wilfulnessc1460
immunity1549
latitude1605
voluntariness1612
liberum arbitrium1642
free agencya1646
libertinism1649
unrestrainedness1698
unrestraint1755
relaxity1759
head1804
laissez-aller1818
unrestrictedness1825
uninhibitedness1947
the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [noun] > muscular tension > looseness of muscles
laxation1398
relaxing?a1425
laxity1528
laxness1634
relaxity1908
1759 T. Stephens Castle-builders (ed. 2) 283 His Body..began to be very corpulent, and his Limbs to swell; which the Doctor imputed to such a Relaxity, occasioned by repeated Blows with a beam of Sol, that it portended Death.
a1784 S. Johnson Serm. (1788) I. xiii. 271 Men have ever been persuaded, that by doing something, to which they think themselves not obliged, they may purchase an exemption from such duties as they find themselves inclined to violate: that they may commute with heaven for a temporal fine, and make rigour atone for relaxity.
1836 F. Trollope Life & Adventures Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw xlvii. 311 I advocate your watching without much relaxity of attention.
1908 Daily Mail 30 June 9/5 The great secret of voice production is relaxity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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