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