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# candour

«candour» in Mova's school dictionary: **The quality of being honest, open and saying what you…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (candour, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

The quality of being honest, open and saying what you really think, even if it is not nice to hear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and news, people speak with candour about difficult things. In ethics lessons, candour is honesty and openness; a good friend may show candour about your mistakes.

### examples

- She spoke with surprising candour about her mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#x1)
- I appreciate your candour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#x2)
- The coach's candour helped the team improve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#x3)
- He answered every question with candour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#x4)
- Children often speak with complete candour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#x5)
- They all gathered round him in affright, so alarming was his agitation; and with a fine candour he told them what he had hitherto concealed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/#x6)

### note

UK spelling: candour; US spelling: candor. Adjective: candid. Uncountable.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «candour» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/candour/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.