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Definition of Candid

Candid
Candid Can*did (k[a^]n"d[i^]d), a. [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand[=e]re to be of a glowing white; akin to accend[e^]re, incend[e^]re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.] 1. White. [Obs.] The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. --Dryden. 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. ``Candid and dispassionate men.' --W. Irving. 3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken. Syn: Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. Usage: 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.

Meaning of Candid from wikipedia

- Look up candid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Candid may refer to: Candid (app), a mobile app for anonymous discussions Candid (organization), providing...
- Candid Camera is an American hidden camera and practical joke reality television series. The show was created, developed, and presented by Allen Funt....
- Candid photography is photography captured without creating a posed appearance. This style is also called spontaneous photography or snap shooting. Candid...
- The Candid Microphone is an American radio program that was broadcast on ABC from June 28, 1947, until September 23, 1948, and on CBS from June 6, 1950...
- Candid Eye is a Canadian do****entary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1958 and was expanded into 1961. Wolf Koenig, Terence Macartney-Filgate...
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- Funt (born 1947) is an American actor, host, and producer for the TV show Candid Camera. He worked for Denver radio station KHOW, the ABC Radio Network,...
- Peter de Witte, known in Italy as Pietro Candido and in Bavaria as Peter Candid (c. 1548 – 1628) was a Flemish-born Mannerist painter, tapestry designer...
- Free and Candid Disquisitions is a 1749 pamphlet written and compiled by John Jones, a Welsh Church of England clergyman, and published anonymously. The...
- writer and television personality, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as either a regular television show or a...