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can·dor (kan′dər)

noun

  1. the quality of being fair and unprejudiced; impartiality
  2. sharp honesty or frankness in expressing oneself
  3. Obsolete
    1. whiteness
    2. purity; innocence
    3. kindliness

Etymology: L, whiteness, openness < candere, to shine: see candescent

Brit. sp. candour can′·dour

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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