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candour
/ ˈæԻə /
noun
- the quality of being open and honest; frankness
- fairness; impartiality
- obsolete.purity or brightness
Word History and Origins
Origin of candour1
Example Sentences
Where there was an urgency and climactic intensity to TV on the Radio tracks, “Thee Black Boltz” revels in more space for introspection in the instrumentation and lyrics, whimsy and emotional candour.
Recent single 69, for example, is a thumping house track on which Taylor talks with withering candour about her sex life.
At one point, a senator said to her: "Please mayor, a little more candour than you have shown so far in answering some of the important questions."
"I'm both ignorant and confident," he says with wry candour.
In court filings, they criticised the "total inadequacy" of the MoD's disclosure, calling it an "an obvious failure to comply with the duty of candour and to provide necessary explanation" of the process.
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