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Candidness

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Noun

1. candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness, frankness

the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Candidness

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adjective
1. 
frank and outspoken
he was candid about his dislike of our friends
2. 
without partiality; unbiased
3. 
unposed or informal
a candid photograph
4. obsolete
a. 
white
b. 
clear or pure

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Candidness

see synonyms of candidness
adjective
1. 
free from prejudice or bias; fair; just; impartial
2. 
very honest or frank in what one says or writes
3. 
unposed and informal
a candid photograph
4.  Archaic
a. 
white
b. 
pure

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Candidness

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adj.
1.
a. Characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward: In private, I gave them my candid opinion. See Synonyms at frank1.
b. Not obscuring or omitting anything unpleasant, embarrassing, or negative: "Joyce's ... candid descriptions of normal bodily functions shocked his Anglo-American readers" (Belinda Rathbone).
2. Not posed or rehearsed: a candid snapshot.

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