Candidness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being candid; openness of mind or manner; frank honesty or truthfulness; fairness; ingenuousness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being candid.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being candid.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
  • Word Usage
    "Remember, he is working with the President and an odd bedfellow in Rev. Sharpton to raise our educational performance, and his candidness is always refreshing."
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