Forthrightness

2 definitions found

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

  Forthrightness \Forth"right`ness\, n.
     Straightforwardness; explicitness; directness. [Archaic]
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           Dante's concise forthrightness of phrase. --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forthrightness
       n : the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
           and speech [syn: {candor}, {candour}, {candidness}, {frankness}]