looseness

noun3

1. •
   The quality or fact of being free from rigidity, attachment or restraint; not tight, not firmly attached or taut.

   • See if that nut has too much looseness and tighten it if it does.
2. •
   A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
3. •
   Moral laxity; licentiousness.

   • Yet goodly court he made still to his Dame, / Pourd out in loosnesse on the grassy grownd [...]. — 1590