1. (

• openness ,

) without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of the prairies" ;

2. (

• openness ,
• nakedness

) characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive ;

3. (

• receptiveness ,
• receptivity ,
• openness ,

) 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" ;