noun. The quality or state of being forthright.

noun. Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness.

noun. The characteristic or quality of being forthright

noun. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

"I applaud Walters for talking about the issue, because given the closed-off generation in which she grew up and the other conflicts going on in her family (her father's financial problems that sent them from wealthy into a working class existence), I think her forthrightness is important."

honestness  honesty  

ingenuousness  

brightness  lightness  politeness  rightness  tightness  

bonhommie  broadness  confidingness  desolating  dynamism  

directness  explicitness  straightforwardness