( BrE ) ( NAmE can·dor ) / ˈkændə(r); NAmE / noun
[ U ] the quality of saying what you think openly and honestly
SYN frankness :
'I don't trust him,' he said, in a rare moment of candour.
—see also candid
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin candor whiteness. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.; the development of the senses paralleled that of candid .