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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
134 Moby Thesaurus words for "candor":
accessibility, approachability, artlessness, austerity, baldness,
bareness, big mouth, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness,
candidness, childlikeness, common speech, communicativeness,
conversableness, cricket, directness, effusion, effusiveness,
extroversion, fair play, fair shake, fair-mindedness, fairness,
flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent tongue,
flux de bouche, flux de paroles, flux of words, forthrightness,
frankness, freedom, freeness, garrulity, garrulousness, gassiness,
genuineness, gift of gab, glibness, good sportsmanship,
gregariousness, guilelessness, gush, gushiness, homespun, honesty,
household words, impartiality, ingenuousness, innocence, justice,
leanness, long-windedness, loose tongue, loquaciousness, loquacity,
matter-of-factness, naiveness, naivete, naivety, naturalness,
objectivity, open-mindedness, openheartedness, openness,
outgoingness, outspokenness, plain English, plain dealing,
plain speaking, plain speech, plain style, plain words, plainness,
plainspokenness, prolixity, prosaicness, prosiness, restrainedness,
roundness, rustic style, severity, simpleheartedness,
simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, sincerity,
single-heartedness, single-mindedness, singleness of heart, slush,
soberness, sociability, spareness, spate of words,
sportsmanlikeness, sportsmanliness, sportsmanship, square deal,
starkness, straightforwardness, talkativeness, the fair thing,
the handsome thing, the proper thing, trustfulness,
unadorned style, unadornedness, unaffectedness, unconstraint,
unequivocalness, unguardedness, unimaginativeness, unpoeticalness,
unrepression, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint,
unrestriction, unreticence, unsecretiveness, unsophisticatedness,
unsophistication, unsuppression, unsuspiciousness, untaciturnity,
unwariness, verbosity, vernacular, volubility, windiness
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Candor, NC (town, FIPS 10120)
Location: 35.29123 N, 79.74365 W
Population (1990): 748 (326 housing units)
Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 27229
Candor, NY (village, FIPS 12210)
Location: 42.22726 N, 76.33762 W
Population (1990): 869 (344 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 13743
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Candor, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 855
Housing Units (2000): 373
Land area (2000): 0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12210
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.230169 N, 76.337909 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 13743
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Candor, NY
Candor
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Candor, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000): 825
Housing Units (2000): 299
Land area (2000): 1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km)
FIPS code: 10120
Located within: North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location: 35.293032 N, 79.742423 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 27229
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Candor, NC
Candor
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
candidness, candour, fair-mindedness, fairness, forthrightness, frankness
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