Candor

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Candor \Can"dor\, n. [Written also {candour}.] [L. candor, fr.
     cand["e]re; cf. F. candeur. See {candid}.]
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     1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions)
        usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.]
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              Nor yor unquestioned integrity
              Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot
              That may take from your innocence and candor.
                                                    --Massinger.
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     2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom
        from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
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              Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who
              held that side of the question.       --Whewell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  candor
       n 1: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or
            dishonesty [syn: {fairness}, {fair-mindedness}, {candour}]
            [ant: {unfairness}]
       2: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
          and speech [syn: {candour}, {candidness}, {frankness}, {forthrightness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  134 Moby Thesaurus words for "candor":
     accessibility, approachability, artlessness, austerity, baldness,
     bareness, big mouth, bluffness, bluntness, broadness, brusqueness,
     candidness, childlikeness, common speech, communicativeness,
     conversableness, cricket, directness, effusion, effusiveness,
     extroversion, fair play, fair shake, fair-mindedness, fairness,
     flow of words, flowing tongue, fluency, fluent tongue,
     flux de bouche, flux de paroles, flux of words, forthrightness,
     frankness, freedom, freeness, garrulity, garrulousness, gassiness,
     genuineness, gift of gab, glibness, good sportsmanship,
     gregariousness, guilelessness, gush, gushiness, homespun, honesty,
     household words, impartiality, ingenuousness, innocence, justice,
     leanness, long-windedness, loose tongue, loquaciousness, loquacity,
     matter-of-factness, naiveness, naivete, naivety, naturalness,
     objectivity, open-mindedness, openheartedness, openness,
     outgoingness, outspokenness, plain English, plain dealing,
     plain speaking, plain speech, plain style, plain words, plainness,
     plainspokenness, prolixity, prosaicness, prosiness, restrainedness,
     roundness, rustic style, severity, simpleheartedness,
     simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, sincerity,
     single-heartedness, single-mindedness, singleness of heart, slush,
     soberness, sociability, spareness, spate of words,
     sportsmanlikeness, sportsmanliness, sportsmanship, square deal,
     starkness, straightforwardness, talkativeness, the fair thing,
     the handsome thing, the proper thing, trustfulness,
     unadorned style, unadornedness, unaffectedness, unconstraint,
     unequivocalness, unguardedness, unimaginativeness, unpoeticalness,
     unrepression, unreserve, unreservedness, unrestraint,
     unrestriction, unreticence, unsecretiveness, unsophisticatedness,
     unsophistication, unsuppression, unsuspiciousness, untaciturnity,
     unwariness, verbosity, vernacular, volubility, windiness
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Candor, NC (town, FIPS 10120)
    Location: 35.29123 N, 79.74365 W
    Population (1990): 748 (326 housing units)
    Area: 2.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 27229
  Candor, NY (village, FIPS 12210)
    Location: 42.22726 N, 76.33762 W
    Population (1990): 869 (344 housing units)
    Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 13743

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Candor, NY -- U.S. village in New York
     Population (2000):    855
     Housing Units (2000): 373
     Land area (2000):     0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.442580 sq. miles (1.146277 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            12210
     Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
     Location:             42.230169 N, 76.337909 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     13743
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Candor, NY
      Candor
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Candor, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
     Population (2000):    825
     Housing Units (2000): 299
     Land area (2000):     1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.193627 sq. miles (3.091480 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            10120
     Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
     Location:             35.293032 N, 79.742423 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     27229
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Candor, NC
      Candor