Hypertext Webster Gateway: "candor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Candor \Can"dor\, n. [Written also {candour}.] [L. candor, fr.
cand["e]re; cf. F. candeur. See {candid}.]
1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions)
usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.]
Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied
with one taint or spot That may take from your
innocence and candor. --Massinger.
2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom
from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who
held that side of the question. --Whewell.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
candor
n 1: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or
dishonesty [syn: {fairness}, {fair-mindedness}, {candour}]
[ant: {unfairness}]
2: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
and speech [syn: {candour}, {candidness}, {frankness}, {forthrightness}]
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