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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Written also

candour

[L.

candor

, fr.

candëre

; cf. F.

candeur

. See

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

candor

Massinger.

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.

Noun.

Openness of heart; frankness; ingenuousness of mind; a disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from tricks or disguise; sincerity.