LEV'ITY, noun [Latin levitas, from levis, light; connected perhaps with Eng. lift.] 1. Lightness; the want of weight in a body, compared with another that is heavier. The ascent of a balloon in the air is owing to its levity as the gas that fills it is lighter than common air. 2. Lightness of temper or conduct; inconstancy; changeableness; unsteadiness; as the levity of youth. 3. Want of due consideration; vanity; freak. He never employed his omnipotence out of levity or ostentation. 4. Gaiety of mind; want of seriousness; disposition to trifle. The spirit of religion and seriousness was succeeded by levity
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