"candor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/ [UK], /ˈkæn.dɚ/ [Canada, US], /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/ [General-Australian], [ˈkɛːn.də(ɹ)] [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-candor.ogg Forms: candors [plural]
Rhymes: -ændə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“I shine”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|candor||brightness, whiteness}} Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} candor (usually uncountable, plural candors)
  1. (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity. Tags: US, obsolete, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-candor-en-noun-siNvEcJb
  2. The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Synonyms: frankness, honesty, sincerity, parrhesia Translations (sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression): искреност (iskrenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), честност (čestnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), откровеност (otkrovenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), candor [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 坦率 (tǎnshuài) (Chinese Mandarin), 直率 (zhíshuài) (Chinese Mandarin), upřímnost [feminine] (Czech), openheid (Dutch), openhartigheid (Dutch), eerlijkheid (Dutch), oprechtheid (Dutch), onbevangenheid (Dutch), vilpittömyys (Finnish), suoruus (Finnish), candeur [feminine] (French), Aufrichtigkeit [feminine] (German), Freimut [masculine] (German), Redlichkeit [feminine] (German), Ehrlichkeit [feminine] (German), Offenheit [feminine] (German), Freimütigkeit [feminine] (German), Offenherzigkeit [feminine] (German), ειλικρίνεια (eilikríneia) [feminine] (Greek), ευθύτητα (efthýtita) [feminine] (Greek), nyíltság (Hungarian), őszinteség (Hungarian), candor [masculine] (Latin), oppriktighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), frimodighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), åpenhjertighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), åpenhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), خلوص (xolus) (Persian), szczerość [feminine] (Polish), otwartość [feminine] (Polish), uczciwość [feminine] (Polish), franqueza [feminine] (Portuguese), прямота́ (prjamotá) [feminine] (Russian), че́стность (čéstnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), candor [masculine] (Spanish), içtenlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-candor-en-noun-rzdiT5J0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 83 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 79 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 8 76 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 75 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 86 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 76 16 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 91 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 88 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 14 80 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 8 76 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 5 89 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 13 60 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 8 74 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 8 75 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 79 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 91 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 92 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 7 78 15 Disambiguation of 'sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression': 2 95 3
  3. Impartiality. Tags: US, uncountable, usually Synonyms: equity, fairness Translations (impartiality): безпристрастност (bezpristrastnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nestrannost [feminine] (Czech), bezpředsudkovost [feminine] (Czech), openheid (Dutch), onpartijdigheid (Dutch), Offenheit [feminine] (German), Unparteilichkeit [feminine] (German), Neutralität [feminine] (German), αμεροληψία (amerolipsía) [feminine] (Greek), elfogulatlanság (Hungarian), bezstronność [feminine] (Polish), беспристрастность (bespristrastnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-candor-en-noun-ZqYW6g7n Disambiguation of 'impartiality': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: candour [British, Canada] Derived forms: candorless, uncandor Related terms: candid, candle

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          "word": "åpenhjertighet"
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    "Rhymes:English/ændə(ɹ)/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iskrenost",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otkrovenost",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "candor"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "tǎnshuài",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "坦率"
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      "roman": "zhíshuài",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "直率"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "upřímnost"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "openheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "openhartigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "eerlijkheid"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "oprechtheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "onbevangenheid"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "vilpittömyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "suoruus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "candeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufrichtigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Freimut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Redlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ehrlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Offenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Freimütigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Offenherzigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eilikríneia",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ειλικρίνεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "efthýtita",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ευθύτητα"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "nyíltság"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "őszinteség"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "candor"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oppriktighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frimodighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "åpenhjertighet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "åpenhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xolus",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "خلوص"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szczerość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "otwartość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uczciwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "franqueza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prjamotá",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прямота́"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čéstnostʹ",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "че́стность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "candor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression",
      "word": "içtenlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezpristrastnost",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "безпристрастност"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nestrannost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezpředsudkovost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "word": "openheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "word": "onpartijdigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Offenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unparteilichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Neutralität"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amerolipsía",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αμεροληψία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "word": "elfogulatlanság"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezstronność"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bespristrastnostʹ",
      "sense": "impartiality",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "беспристрастность"
    }
  ],
  "word": "candor"
}

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