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• n  the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

• I have recently spent some four years in the Union, and I wish to congratulate you for both candidness and restraint.
• For a living, in the 1840s, Daubigny worked for travel books and magazines, doing graphics of a candidness that showed his immediate vision of nature.
• So, that goes to the heart of my concern about his lack of candidness in terms of telling Americans really, what his plans are.

• candor
• candour
• frankness
• directness
• forthrightness

News & Articles

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• CSU Chancellor Timothy White chats with CSUN students, faculty
  California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy White visited CSUN on Monday for a town hall meeting and a subsequent campus tour that reflected a theme of candidness and sparked conversation among students and faculty.
  Sept. 10, 2013 - Daily Sundial

Quotes

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• Dianne Feinstein in Seattle Times
  I was heartened to see the forthrightness and candidness employed by Dr. Gates at his confirmation hearing yesterday,Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said during Wednesday's debate on the nomination. "He fully admitted the need for a...
• Beck in China Post
  You saw a candidness which is a symbol that there is a readiness to talk about the problems, to have an exchange on the basis of honesty,Beck said.
• Vladimir Putin in People's Daily Online
  The Russian side is very satisfied with the outcome and the course of our discussions, and we are appreciative of the candidness which was demonstrated by the British side...... in discussions about all issues, including sensitive ones,Putin...