the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The quality of being explicit; clearness; directness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The quality of being explicit; plainness of language or statement; direct expression of knowledge, views, or intention, without reserve or ambiguity; outspokenness.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
n. clarity as a consequence of being explicit
Word Usage
"This increased explicitness is a more complete exhibition of the various abstractions involved in the complex idea which is the meaning of the sentence."