: the quality of being easy to understand or use. : the state or quality of being plain or not fancy or complicated. : something that is simple or ordinary but enjoyable.ull Definition of SIMPLICITY. 1. : the state of being simple, uncomplicated, or uncompounded. 2. a: lack of subtlety or penetration: innocence, naivete naivetÃ©: b, folly. silliness. : 3 freedom from pretense or: guile. candor. 4
LIBEL, libellus, criminal law. A malicious defamation expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, with intent to provoke the living; or the reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Hawk.
The crime of seditious libel was defined and established in England during the 1606 case De Libellis Famosis by the Star Chamber. The case defined seditious libel as criticism of public persons, the government, or King.