candor
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can·dor
(kăn'dər) 
n.
n.
- Frankness or sincerity of expression; openness.
- Freedom from prejudice; impartiality.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin, from candēre, to shine.]
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candor
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Definition: complete honesty
Antonyms: artifice, deception, deviousness, falsehood, guile, lying
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candor
IN BRIEF: The quality of frankness or outspokenness.
Candor is a compliment; it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.
— Peggy Noonan.
Tutor's tip: The politician spoke with "candor" (honest speech) when he told them that the "condor" (large bird, a kind of vulture) needed protection.
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"Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant."
- Thomas B. Aldrich
"Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you."
- William Blake
"Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman."
- James F. Cooper
"Frank and explicit -- that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and to confuse the minds of others."
- Benjamin Disraeli
"Candor is the brightest gem of criticism."
- Benjamin Disraeli
"There is no wisdom like frankness."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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- Judgments and Critiques - candor: forthrightness; lack of prejudice
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Candor
Candor (or candour) may refer to:
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- Candor, North Carolina
- Candor, Oise, France
- Candor, New York, a town
- Candor (village), New York, a village within the town
- Candor, a sorority of Studentenvereniging KoKo in Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Duty of candor
- Candour (magazine), a British far right-wing magazine
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Candour
Français (French)
n. - franchise
Deutsch (German)
n. - Offenheit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ειλικρίνεια, ανυποκρισία
Italiano (Italian)
candore, franchezza, sincerità
Português (Portuguese)
n. - franqueza (f), honestidade (f), imparcialidade (f)
Русский (Russian)
откровенность, искренность
Español (Spanish)
n. - franqueza, sinceridad
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppriktighet
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
直率, 洁白, 公正
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 直率, 潔白, 公正
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 虚心坦懐, 公平無私
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - גילוי לב, הגינות
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