Anagrams of: PROTECTIVENESSES

• willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas)

• characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

• the trait of keeping things secret

• intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind

• showing care

• (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful

• considered individually

• lively high-spirited playfulness

• the state of being covert and hidden

• ready or willing to receive favorably

• open to arguments, ideas, or change

• of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

• able to absorb liquid (not repellent)