01 a. White.
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1.
White.[Obs.]“The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.” — Dryden.
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2.
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.
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3.
Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn.
Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable.
-- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration.