Word:
Candor
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The quality of being open, honest and sincere.
Sentences:
1) She spoke with candor about racism.
2) I was impressed by the candor of his statement.
Origin:
French and Latin; French candeur, from Latin candor, from candēre.
First use:
14th century
Synonyms:
bluntness, candidness, directness, openess, frankness, unreserve
Antonyms:
dissembling, dissimulation, indirection.
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