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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech;
[syn: candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness]

2. ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty;
[syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Candor \Can"dor\, n. [Written also candour.] [L. candor, fr. cand["e]re; cf. F. candeur. See candid.] [1913 Webster] 1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. --Massinger. [1913 Webster] 2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity. [1913 Webster] Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. --Whewell. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

candour n 1: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness] 2: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty [syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour] [ant: unfairness]