Candour

Meaning

The quality of being open, honest, and frank in expression, especially about one's own shortcomings

Origin / Etymology

Latin 'candor' (whiteness, purity)

Synonyms

Frankness Forthrightness

Antonyms

Duplicity Evasiveness

Example Sentence

"Ethics judges conduct after an institutional failure at least as strictly as the failure itself: was there candour and prompt repair, or deflection and the attribution of motive to critics?"

🎯 UPSC Usage

Central to GS4 answers on probity in public life, e.g., 'Candour in admitting institutional failure is itself a component of accountability, distinct from legal liability.'

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