Definitions
Negligence in one's duty.
Word origin
From Anglo-Norman laches, from Old French lachesse (“laxness”), from laschier, from Vulgar Latin laxico, frequentative of Latin laxo (“relax, moderate, weaken”).
Used in a sentence
“But there was a quality in Mary that did not lightly invite to gallantry—a gravity and a balance that, had he looked closely into the matter, might have explained his laches.”
“It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Legal delay negligence”6 letters
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