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candour US, candor [ˈkændə] n
1. the quality of being open and honest; frankness 2. fairness; impartiality 3. Obsolete purity or brightness [from Latin candor, from candēre to be white, shine] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
candour noun honesty, simplicity, fairness, sincerity, impartiality, frankness, directness, truthfulness, outspokenness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, ingenuousness, artlessness, guilelessness, openness, unequivocalness, naïveté He spoke with disarming candour about his childhood. prejudice, bias, cunning, subtlety, deceit, dishonesty, flattery, insincerity Translations candour, (US) candor n → Offenheit f, → Ehrlichkeit f candour candor (Am) [ˈkændəʳ] n → candore m, franchezza, sincerità candour candor (Am) [ˈkændəʳ] n → candore m, franchezza, sincerità How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As I walked by her side that May morning, I was only conscious of her voice and her exquisite girlhood; for though she talked with the APLOMB of a woman of the world, a passionate candour and simple ardour in her manner would have betrayed her, had her face not plainly declared her the incarnation of twenty. I have reason to imagine she did receive serious proposals from Sir James, but her removing to Langford immediately on the discovery of his attachment, must acquit her on that article with any mind of common candour. Things cannot too soon be put upon the footing,' said she, with a candour so demonstrative as to be almost obtrusive, 'that the person of the 'ouse is not a box nor yet a bundle, nor a carpet- bag. |
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