- candor, candour, candidness, frankness, forthrightness - the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
--1 is a kind of honesty, honestness
--1 has particulars: ingenuousness - fairness, fair-mindedness, candor, candour - ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty
--2 is a kind of impartiality, nonpartisanship