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candour

noun

= honesty, simplicity, fairness, sincerity, impartiality, frankness, directness, truthfulness, outspokenness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, ingenuousness, artlessness, guilelessness, openness, unequivocalness, naïveté • He spoke with disarming candour about his childhood.
opposites: prejudice, bias, cunning, subtlety, deceit, dishonesty, flattery, insincerity

'candour' in Other Languages

British English: candour Candour is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things. NOUN...a brash, forceful man, noted both for his candour and his quick temper.
Brazilian Portuguese: franqueza
Chinese: 直率
European Spanish: franqueza
French: franchise
German: Offenheit
Italian: sincerità
Japanese: 率直さ
Korean: 솔직함
Portuguese: franqueza
Spanish: franqueza

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