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candidness|ˈkændɪdnɪs|
[f. candid + -ness.]
State or quality of being candid.
†1. Purity, innocence. Obs.
1654Cokaine Dianea i. 67 The candidness of my thoughts. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. x. 69 Whose plain Tombs, made of white Marble, shew..candidnesse of their natures. 1692South Serm. II. xii. 459 (R.) The candidness of a man's very principles, the sincerity of his intentions.
2. Fairness, impartiality.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. lxii. (L.) The candidness of an upright judge.
†3. Favourable disposition, favour, courtesy.
1643Prynne Power Parl. i. Perf. A ij b, Entertaine it therefore, with that candidnesse. 1688I. Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVII. 790, I..have no reason to suspect their Favour, whose Candidness I so signally proved.
4. Frankness, straightforwardness, sincerity in speech. |