Candor
['kændɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech.
Editor: Myra--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
(n.) A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Editor: Natasha
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fairness, honesty, sincerity.[2]. Openness, ingenuousness, artlessness, frankness, guilelessness, truthfulness.
Typist: Vivienne
Examples
- He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But there was still a weight on his mind which arrested this cheerful candor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Captain Billings, he drawled finally, if you will pardon my candor, I might remark that you are something of an ass. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- This candor is delightful. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typist: Suzy