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Found 2 hits - Term: candour, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
candor \can"dor\, n. written also candour. l. candor, fr.
   cand"ere; cf. f. candeur. see candid.
   1913 webster
   1. whiteness; brightness; as applied to moral conditions
      usullied purity; innocence. obs.
      1913 webster

            nor yor unquestioned integrity
            shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot
            that may take from your innocence and candor.
                                                  --massinger.
      1913 webster

   2. a disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom
      from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
      1913 webster

            attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who
            held that side of the question.       --whewell.
      1913 webster
see also:
candour candid 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
candour
     n 1: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
          and speech syn: candor, candidness, frankness, forthrightness
     2: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or
        dishonesty syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candor
        ant: unfairness
see also:
candor candidness frankness forthrightness fairness fair-mindedness 
unfairness 

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