candour

/ ˈkændə /

noun

1. the quality of being open and honest; frankness
2. fairness; impartiality
3. obsolete.
   purity or brightness

Word History and Origins

Origin of candour¹

C17: from Latin candor, from candēre to be white, shine

Example Sentences

Some African leaders preferred Trump’s candour and focus on results.

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MI5 showed "institutional defensiveness rather than candour" after the Manchester Arena attack and for years continued to present an "inaccurate picture" of what it had known about the suicide bomber, a tribunal has been told.

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Pete Weatherby KC, representing the claimants, said MI5’s behaviour in the years after the bombing had "lacked candour" to bereaved families, the public, and official reviews into the atrocity.

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Mr Weatherby added that, in the inquiry’s final conclusions, MI5 had "presented an inaccurate picture of key parts of the evidence, and the corporate statements displayed retrospective justification – institutional defensiveness – rather than candour".

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Mr Sheldon said this portrayal was "not fair" and stressed: "There was no lack of candour."

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