candor

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkæn.dɚ/

Noun

candor (uncountable) (American spelling)

1. (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity. [c. 1500–?]
   • 1648, Robert Herrick (poet), Hesperides, "To his Booke":

     Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd,

     Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child ...

2. The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]

   Synonyms: frankness, honesty, sincerity, parrhesia

   Antonyms: deception, fraud, lie

3. Impartiality.

   Synonyms: equity, fairness

Related terms

• candid

Translations

• French: candeur
• German: Aufrichtigkeit, Freimut, Redlichkeit, Ehrlichkeit, Offenheit, Freimütigkeit, Offenherzigkeit
• Portuguese: franqueza
• Russian: прямота́
• Spanish: candor

Translations

• German: Offenheit, Unparteilichkeit, Neutralität
• Russian: беспристрастность

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