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Lailat al-Baraah
Lailat al-Miraj
Lailat al-Qadr
lair
lairage
laird
laisser-faire
laisser-passer
laissez-faire
laissez-passer
laity
Laius
lake (1)
lake (2)
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve
Lake District
Lake District National Park
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laissez-faire

lais·sez-faire [ lè say fér, lè zay fér ] or lais·ser-faire [ lè say fér, lè zay fér ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. principle of no regulation of industry: the principle that the economy works best if private industry is not regulated and markets are free

2. refusal to interfere: refusal to interfere in other people's affairs, or the practice of letting people do as they wish

[< French, "allow to do"]
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