openness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OPENNESS, noun o'pnness. 1. Freedom from covering or obstruction; as the openness of a country. 2. Plainness; clearness; freedom from obscurity or ambiguity; as, deliver your answers with more openness 3. Freedom from disguise; unreservedness; plainness. 4. Expression of frankness or candor; as openness of countenance. 5. Unusual mildness; freedom from snow and frost; as the openness of a winter.
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