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openness

noun

willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

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Word length
8
Starts with
O
Ends with
S
Contains
PE
Scrabble score
10
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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noun

  1. willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

    “he was testing the government's receptiveness to reform”

noun

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

noun

  1. without obstructions to passage or view

    “the openness of the prairies”

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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
the openness of the prairies

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