Usually means: Honesty and openness in expression.
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  1. candour: Merriam-Webster
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  3. candour: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. candour: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. candour: Wiktionary
  8. candour: Dictionary.com
  9. Candour (magazine): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. candour: Rhymezone
  11. Candour: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. candour: FreeDictionary.org
  13. candour: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. candour: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. candour: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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▸ noun:  British and Canada standard spelling of candor. [The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.]

Similar:
fairness, frankness, fair-mindedness, forthrightness, candidness, candor, candie, candil, candee, CanCon, more...

Opposite:
insincerity, hypocrisy, dishonesty

Types:
honesty, frankness, openness, sincerity, truthfulness, more...

Phrases:
mrs candour, more...

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great, perfect, such, much, usual, complete, equal, apparent, utmost, absolute, characteristic

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Similar:
fairness, frankness, fair-mindedness, forthrightness, candidness, candor, candie, candil, candee, CanCon, more...

Opposite:
insincerity, hypocrisy, dishonesty

Types:
honesty, frankness, openness, sincerity, truthfulness, more...

Phrases:
mrs candour, more...

Adjectives:
great, perfect, such, much, usual, complete, equal, apparent, utmost, absolute, characteristic

Colors:
    white,     light blue,     pastel pink,     soft yellow,     mint green, more...



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