simplicity

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The property, condition, or quality of being simple or uncombined.
2. n. Absence of luxury or showiness; plainness.
3. n. Absence of affectation or pretense.
4. n. Lack of sophistication or subtlety; naiveté.
5. n. Lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness.
6. n. Clarity of expression.
7. n. Austerity in embellishment.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The state or property of being simple The state or mode of being uncompounded; existence in elementary form.
2. n. Freedom from complexity or intricacy.
3. n. Freedom from difficulty of execution or understanding; easiness; especially, lack of abstruseness; clearness; also, an instance or illustration of simple clearness.
4. n. Freedom from artificial ornament; plainness, as of dress, style, or the like.
5. n. Artlessness of mind or conduct; unaffectedness; sincerity; absence of parade or pretense.
6. n. Ignorance arising from lack either of education or of intelligence; especially, lack of common sense; foolishness; childishness; also, an act of folly; a foolish mistake.
7. n. Synonyms See simple.

Wiktionary

1. n. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded; as, the simplicity of metals or of earths.
2. n. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts; as, the simplicity of a machine.
3. n. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
4. n. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.
5. n. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the simplicity of an explanation or a demonstration.
6. n. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.
7. n. rare An act or instance of foolishness.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The quality or state of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded.
2. n. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts.
3. n. Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
4. n. Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness.
5. n. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness.
6. n. Weakness of intellect; silliness; folly.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the quality of being simple or uncompounded
2. n. a lack of penetration or subtlety
3. n. absence of affectation or pretense
4. n. lack of ornamentation
5. n. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort