CANDID

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

White. [Obs.] The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.

2.
a.

Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. "Candid and dispassionate men." W. Irving.

3.
a.

Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.


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