Frankness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Plainness of speech; candor; openness; ingenuousness: as, he told me his opinion with frankness.
  • noun. Liberality; bounteousness.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being frank; candour; honesty.
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  • noun. the trait of being blunt and outspoken
  • noun. the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
  • Word Usage
    "His confession, told in frankness, with the spirit of revolt behind, had repelled her."
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