Definition of "simpliciter"

simpliciter

/simˈpli.ki.teɹ/

adverb
not comparable
1. (philosophy, law, originally chiefly in Scots law) Simply, absolutely; without any qualification or condition.
  Quotations
  Leaving aside this report, I make the general observation firstly that the CA has pointed out in PP v UI 4 SLR(R) 500 […] that rape simpliciter "is already ‘an inherently odious and reprehensible act’… that exacts ‘irretrievable physical, emotional and psychological scars on [the] victim’” […]
  Paragraph 68, Public Prosecutor v CJH ( SGHC 303)