laisser-aller

or lais·sez-al·ler

[ le-sey-a-ley ]

noun

, French.

1. unchecked freedom or ease; unrestraint; looseness.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laisser-aller¹

Literally, “to allow to go”

Example Sentences

And while a certain laisser-aller recently had the conservative weekly Le Figaro Madame fretting about whether home-wear habits would drag fashion into a tailspin,” interviews with a range of Parisians suggest a compromise of sorts had been reached.

From Seattle Times

And while a certain laisser-aller recently had the conservative weekly Le Figaro Madame fretting about whether home-wear habits would drag fashion into a tailspin,” interviews with a range of Parisians suggest a compromise of sorts had been reached.

From New York Times

This in spite of the alleged tendency in what is commonly known as a relaxing climate toward laisser-aller.

From Project Gutenberg

How had we never remembered all we had heard of her love of laisser-aller, her taste for adventure, her delight in travelling, when she could, unattended and incognita?

From Project Gutenberg

And without being actually old, I am old enough to think that the world used to be pleasanter long ago, and that friends were more cordial and more frank, and that there was more laisser-aller in the course of life than in these hardworking, money-seeking, railroading days we've got now.

From Project Gutenberg