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Webster 1913 Edition
Candor
1.
Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence.
[Obs.]
Nor yor unquestioned integrity
Shall e’er be sullied with one taint or spot
That may take from your innocence and
Shall e’er be sullied with one taint or spot
That may take from your innocence and
candor
. Massinger.
2.
A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
Attribute superior sagacity and
candor
to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Candor
CANDOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
candor
candor
English
Alternative forms
- candour (British and Canadian)
Noun
candor (usually uncountable, plural candors) (American)
- (obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance.
- The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
- Impartiality.
Synonyms
- (sincere and open in speech): honesty, sincerity, parrhesia
- (impartiality): fairness, impartiality
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
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impartiality
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.dor/, [ˈkan.dɔr]
Noun
candor m (genitive candōris); third declension
- a dazzling or glossy whiteness; clearness, radiance, brightness
- fairness, beauty
- glow, heat
- (of speech) splendor, brilliance
- (of mind or character) frankness, openness, candor, purity
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | candor | candōrēs |
| genitive | candōris | candōrum |
| dative | candōrī | candōribus |
| accusative | candōrem | candōrēs |
| ablative | candōre | candōribus |
| vocative | candor | candōrēs |
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Descendants
References
- candor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- candor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CANDOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “candor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.