Noun : The candor of the speech impressed the audience. ,to consider an issue with candor.    From Dictionary.com. 

It therefore has a certain candour which was a little lacking from Formosa after August 23.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Nationalism Old and New] Reference

I believe that my candour was a surprise; perhaps it seemed a defiance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The King's Mirror] Reference

Charity as she bears the present prejudices, or judges of the future state of men, is called candour, as opposed to censorious judging.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Charity Sermon. First Delivered in Salisbury, July 28; And Afterwards in Other Places in Rowan, and the Counties Adjoining; Particularly at Sugar's Creek, in Mecklenburg County, at the Opening of the Synod of the Carolinas, October 2: And Last, at the Meeting of the Hon. the General Assembly of North Carolina in Fayetteville, December, 1793. By the Rev. Samuel E. M'Corkle, D. D. Pastor of the Church at Thyatira and Salisbury in Rowan County, North-Carolina] Reference

Pardon the modest candour which is compelled to assume the garb of egotism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference

For with that candour which is so delightful, and so common in these days, everything had been told to.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Caldigate] Reference

When one questioner told him that this policy was about "a lot more than just money", Mr Clegg insisted "candour" was important too.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Latest From www.politics.co.uk] Reference

The "candour" noted in him by Pliny is simply that of a sheet of paper which is indifferent to what is written upon it, fair or foul.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latin Literature] Reference

He spoke in his journals of his disappointments in himself with the kind of candour that can only come from writing without an audience.    From Wordnik.com.  [SA Latest News] Reference

Lady Clara's face had assumed an expression of transparent obvious innocence, an intrusive candour which is never seen in nature save when.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round the Red Lamp] Reference

When the Prime Minister said that "candour" is the new watchword of his government, he surely did not expect it to apply to his new best friend.    From Wordnik.com.  [EU Referendum] Reference

He entered into conversation with the openness and candour which is so remarkable in the American, and in a little time observed that he presumed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wanderings in South America] Reference

Lady Clara's face had assumed an expression of transparent obvious innocence, an intrusive candour which is never seen in nature save when a woman is bent upon deception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Round the Red Lamp]

A species of candour which is shown towards every other book is sometimes refused to the Scriptures: and that is, the placing of a distinction between judgment and testimony.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evidence of Christianity] Reference

'candour' as he put it, which he found difficult in the company of others.    From Wordnik.com.  [London Review of Books] Reference

She explained the condition with remarkable candour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twin Moons] Reference

Of his own country, he expressed himself with candour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference

He began to speak, and ingenuous candour flowed from his lips.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference

This piece of candour, however, was probably owing to the claret.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference

Much has been written about the apparent candour of Tony Blair's memoir.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Howard: 'Tony Blair was a brilliant politician. But, ultimately, he was a failed prime minister'] Reference

Perhaps the memory of your candour will make you feel a little ridiculous later.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference

It has not, as you will presently see, the candour to proceed a single syllable farther.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference

I admired my publisher's candour, if not his neutral substitute: The Better Part of Life.    From Wordnik.com.  [I write a nasty book. And they want a girly cover on it] Reference

You should state, in fairness and candour, that that was an argument against licensing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference

Deploring the lack of candour and straight-forwardness, she pronounced the game at an end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Love at Paddington] Reference

I myself never read a paper, which, on the whole, appeared to be written with more candour.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father] Reference

Divination by tea-leaves or cards has the candour to be frankly disagreeable when necessary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference

On being remonstrated with by the Natal Government, he expressed himself with engaging candour.    From Wordnik.com.  [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference

Still the die is cast, and my trust is in my love of truth and the candour of cultivated minds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference

He had not yet learned the deepest of Fate's subtleties, the apparent candour which conceals her tricks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference

I pointed out to her, with perfect candour, that the fellow was an infernal scoundrel, -- that and nothing else!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

He listened with patience and candour, and showed his gratitude by treating me with the most cordial hospitality.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference

"My dear," replies the prodigal, with a generous attempt at candour and conciliation, "all other places shu'rup!".    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of "Punch"] Reference

Even his closest allies appear to have deserted him over what's regarded as the unpardonable candour of his memoirs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Third Man by Peter Mandelson] Reference

That noble candour, which can bear counsels, or receive even admonition with gratitude, was not a part of his haughty nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

"This is an interesting and honest book, and its statements gain by its extreme candour, as well as palpable sincerity of the writer.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Children of Borneo] Reference

So far well; but Mr Sheldon ought, at the same time, to have had the candour to tell us the source from which he pilfered those verses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference