'Ingenuousness' definitions:

Definition of 'ingenuousness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of innocent naivete [syn: artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness]
noun
Openly straightforward or frank [ant: disingenuousness]

Definition of 'Ingenuousness'

From: GCIDE
  • Ingenuousness \In*gen"u*ous*ness\, n.
  • 1. The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Ingenuity. [Obs.] --Fuller. [1913 Webster]

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