candor
nounUK /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/ · CA, US /ˈkæn.dɚ/
Etymology From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“to shine”).
1
US, Usually The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
2
US, Usually Impartiality.
- Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd, Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child[…]1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "To his Booke":
- Derived terms
- candorless, uncandor