Loose

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1. Adjective form

Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

2. Adjective form

Free from constraint or obligation; not bound by duty, habit, etc. ; -- with from or of.

3. Adjective form

Not tight or close; as, a loose garment.

4. Adjective form

Not dense, close, compact, or crowded; as, a cloth of loose texture.

5. Adjective form

Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate; as, a loose style, or way of reasoning.

6. Adjective form

Not strict in matters of morality; not rigid according to some standard of right.

7. Adjective form

Unconnected; rambling.

8. Adjective form

Lax; not costive; having lax bowels.

9. Adjective form

Dissolute; unchaste; as, a loose man or woman.

10. Adjective form

Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle.

11. Noun

Freedom from restraint.

12. Noun

A letting go; discharge.

13. Adjective

To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.

14. Adjective

To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit.

15. Adjective

To relax; to loosen; to make less strict.

16. Adjective

To solve; to interpret.

17. Verb

To set sail.
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