CANDIDNESS

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Meaning:

The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("candidness" is a kind of...):

honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "candidness"):

ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)

Derivation:

candid (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)

candid (openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness)