candid

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CANDID, adjective 1. White. 2. Fair; open; frank; ingenuous; free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; applied to persons. 3. Fair; just; impartial; applied to things; as a candid view, or construction.
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