candour
noun
[ ˈkandə ]
• the quality of being open and honest; frankness.
• "a man of refreshing candour"
Similar:
frankness,
openness,
honesty,
candidness,
truthfulness,
sincerity,
forthrightness,
directness,
lack of restraint,
straightforwardness,
plain-spokenness,
plain dealing,
plainness,
calling a spade a spade,
unreservedness,
bluffness,
bluntness,
outspokenness,
telling it like it is,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin candor ‘whiteness’. The current sense dates from the mid 18th century; the development of the senses paralleled that of candid.
