candour
noun/ˈkændə(r)/
/ˈkændər/
(US English candor)
[uncountable]- the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly synonym frankness
- ‘I don't trust him,’ he said in a rare moment of candour.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin candor ‘whiteness’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.; the development of the senses paralleled that of candid.Want to learn more?
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