More forgiving

• Not as rigid
• Not as strict
• Less restrictive
• More likely to allow football in the house
• Less severe
• Less taut
• Not as demanding

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: lax ) n. (context informal English) lacrosse player

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lax \Lax\ (l[a^]ks), a. [Compar. Laxer (l[a^]ks"[~e]r); superl. Laxest .] [L. laxus Cf. Laches , Languish , Lease , v. t., Leash .] Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. The flesh of that sort of fish being lax and spongy. ...