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Webster 1913 Edition
Candid
Can-did
(kăn′dĭd)
, Adj.
1.
White.
[Obs.]
The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came
The stones came
candid
forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.
2.
Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial;
“Candid and dispassionate men.” as, a
. candid
opinionW. Irving.
Syn. – Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable.
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Candid
, Fair
, Open
, Frank
, Ingenuous
. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. Webster 1828 Edition
Candid
CANDID
,Adj.
1.
White.2.
Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; applied to persons.3.
Fair; just; impartial; applied to things; as a candid view, or construction.