slackness

For this he had kept his body clean and his soul clean where all about him was sloth and slackness.

The bridle of the throat then is to be held attempered between slackness and stiffness.

Complaints of waste in supply departments and of slackness of discipline among the troops were rife in the early months.

Even Mr. Monk, who was the most earnest of men, felt the general slackness of all around him.

In any case the Emperor was deeply incensed by what he considered Victor's slackness, and degraded him.