'Candor' definitions:
Definition of 'candor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty [syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour] [ant: unfairness]
noun
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech [syn: candor, candour, candidness, frankness, directness, forthrightness]
Definition of 'Candor'
From: GCIDE
- Candor \Can"dor\, n. [Written also candour.] [L. candor, fr. cand["e]re; 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]
Synonyms of 'candor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessibility,
- approachability,
- artlessness,
- austerity,
- baldness,
- bareness,
- big mouth,
- bluffness,
- bluntness,
- broadness,
- brusqueness,
- candidness,
- childlikeness,
- common speech,
- communicativeness,
- conversableness,
- cricket,
- directness,
- effusion,
- effusiveness,
- extroversion,
- fair play,
- fair shake,
- fair-mindedness,
- fairness,
- flow of words,
- flowing tongue,
- fluency,
- fluent tongue,
- flux de bouche,
- flux de paroles,
- flux of words,
- forthrightness,
- frankness,
- freedom,
- freeness,
- garrulity,
- garrulousness,
- gassiness,
- genuineness,
- gift of gab,
- glibness,
- good sportsmanship,
- gregariousness,
- guilelessness,
- gush,
- gushiness,
- homespun,
- honesty,
- household words,
- impartiality,
- ingenuousness,
- innocence,
- justice,
- leanness,
- long-windedness,
- loose tongue,
- loquaciousness,
- loquacity,
- matter-of-factness,
- naiveness,
- naivete,
- naivety,
- naturalness,
- objectivity,
- open-mindedness,
- openheartedness,
- openness,
- outgoingness,
- outspokenness,
- plain dealing,
- plain English,
- plain speaking,
- plain speech,
- plain style,
- plain words,
- plainness,
- plainspokenness,
- prolixity,
- prosaicness,
- prosiness,
- restrainedness,
- roundness,
- rustic style,
- severity,
- simpleheartedness,
- simplemindedness,
- simpleness,
- simplicity,
- sincerity,
- single-heartedness,
- single-mindedness,
- singleness of heart,
- slush,
- soberness,
- sociability,
- spareness,
- spate of words,
- sportsmanlikeness,
- sportsmanliness,
- sportsmanship,
- square deal,
- starkness,
- straightforwardness,
- talkativeness,
- the fair thing,
- the handsome thing,
- the proper thing,
- trustfulness,
- unadorned style,
- unadornedness,
- unaffectedness,
- unconstraint,
- unequivocalness,
- unguardedness,
- unimaginativeness,
- unpoeticalness,
- unrepression,
- unreserve,
- unreservedness,
- unrestraint,
- unrestriction,
- unreticence,
- unsecretiveness,
- unsophisticatedness,
- unsophistication,
- unsuppression,
- unsuspiciousness,
- untaciturnity,
- unwariness,
- verbosity,
- vernacular,
- volubility,
- windiness
Candor, NY -- U.S. village in New York
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Candor, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000) :
855
Housing Units (2000) :
373
Land area (2000) :
0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km)
FIPS code :
12210
Located within :
New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location :
42.230169 N, 76.337909 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
13743
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Candor, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Candor, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
825
Housing Units (2000) :
299
Land area (2000) :
1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km)
FIPS code :
10120
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
35.293032 N, 79.742423 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
27229
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.