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ENABLE (Words with Friends)

Meaning of openness

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  openness
      n 1: without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of
           the prairies"
      2: characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility
         (especially about one's actions or purposes); without
         concealment; not secretive [syn: {openness}, {nakedness}]
         [ant: {closeness}, {secretiveness}]
      3: willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
         or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to
         reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral
         behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their
         receptivity to the proposal" [syn: {receptiveness},
         {receptivity}, {openness}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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