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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 can·dor /ˈkændɚ/
 坦白,直率

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Can·dor n. [Written also candour.]
 1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.]
 Nor yor unquestioned integrity
 Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot
 That may take from your innocence and candor.   --Massinger.
 2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.
    Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question.   --Whewell.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 candor
      n 1: ability to make judgments free from discrimination or
           dishonesty [syn: fairness, fair-mindedness, candour]
           [ant: unfairness]
      2: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude
         and speech [syn: candour, candidness, frankness, forthrightness]