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candour

candour is the british and Canada standard spelling of candor.

Meaning of candor

Noun

candor (usually uncountable, plural candors)

  1. (US, usually) The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression.
    Antonyms:
    deception, fraud, lie
  2. (US, usually) Impartiality.
    Synonyms:
    equity, fairness
  3. (US, obsolete, usually) Whiteness; brilliance; purity.
    • Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd,
      Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child[…]1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "To his Booke"

Forms of candour

pluralcandours

Words formed from candour

Questions about candour

What is candour the british and Canada standard spelling of?
Candour is the british and Canada standard spelling of candor.

Words near candour in the dictionary

  1. candor
  2. Candor Tetrahedron
  3. candorless
  4. candors
  5. Candos
  6. candour
  7. candours
  8. candoxatril
  9. candoxatrilat
  10. candoxin
  11. candrabindu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: candour (page history and authors); candor (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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