Openness

O′pen-ness

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Noun.

The quality or state of being open.

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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.

openness ‎(usually uncountable, plural opennesses)

Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own.
The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion.
(computing) degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify computer code in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing that code.
(systems theory) The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves.
lack of secrecy; candour, transparency.

receptiveness to new things