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Candor

Candor Meaning & Definition
Candor Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Candor?

[n] the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
[n] ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

Synonyms | Synonyms for Candor: candidness | candour | candour | fair-mindedness | fairness | forthrightness | frankness

Related Terms | Find terms related to Candor: accessibility | approachability | artlessness | austerity | baldness | bareness | big mouth | bluffness | bluntness | broadness | brusqueness | candidness | childlikeness | common speech | communicativeness | conversableness | cricket | directness | effusion | effusiveness | extroversion | fair play | fair shake | fair-mindedness | fairness | flow of words | flowing tongue | fluency | fluent tongue | flux de bouche | flux de paroles | flux of words | forthrightness | frankness | freedom | freeness | garrulity | garrulousness | gassiness | genuineness | gift of gab | glibness | good sportsmanship | gregariousness | guilelessness | gush | gushiness | homespun | honesty | household words | impartiality | ingenuousness | innocence | justice | leanness | long-windedness | loose tongue | loquaciousness | loquacity | matter-of-factness | naiveness | naivete | naivety | naturalness | objectivity | openheartedness | open-mindedness | openness | outgoingness | outspokenness | plain dealing | plain English | plain speaking | plain speech | plain style | plain words | plainness | plainspokenness | prolixity | prosaicness | prosiness | restrainedness | roundness | rustic style | severity | simpleheartedness | simplemindedness | simpleness | simplicity | sincerity | single-heartedness | single-mindedness | singleness of heart | slush | soberness | sociability | spareness | spate of words | sportsmanlikeness | sportsmanliness | sportsmanship | square deal | starkness | straightforwardness | talkativeness | the fair thing | the handsome thing | the proper thing | trustfulness | unadorned style | unadornedness | unaffectedness | unconstraint | unequivocalness | unguardedness | unimaginativeness | unpoeticalness | unrepression | unreserve | unreservedness | unrestraint | unrestriction | unreticence | unsecretiveness | unsophisticatedness | unsophistication | unsuppression | unsuspiciousness | untaciturnity | unwariness | verbosity | vernacular | volubility | windiness

See Also | honestness | honesty | impartiality | ingenuousness | nonpartisanship

Candor In Webster's Dictionary

\Can"dor\, n. [Written also {candour}.] [L. candor, fr. cand["e]re; cf. F. candeur. See {candid}.] 1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.] Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. --Massinger. 2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. --Whewell.

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