candent (kandent)

[L. canden ( t- )s, ppr. of candere, be white or hot: see candid.] 1. Whitening; making white. [Rare.] Open, candid , and generous, his heart was the constant companion of his hand, and his tongue the artle index Canning . of his mind. I must be candid with you, my dear Jeffrey, and tell you that I do not like your article on the Scotch Courts. Sydney Smith , To Francis Jeffrey. 3. Free from undue bias; fair; just; impartial: of persons or their acts: as, a candid view or construction. Candid and dispa ionate men. Irving. =Syn. 2 and 3. Candid , Fair , Open , Frank , Ingenuous , Naïve, Sincere, unprejudiced, unbiased. The first seven words apply to the spirit, expre ion, or manner. The can did man is able to look impartially on both sides of a subject, especially giving due weight to arguments or opinions opposed to his own, and due credit to the motives of opponents; candid speech is e entially the same as frank speech, sometimes going so far as to be blunt. Fair belongs primarily to conduct, but in regard to speech and thought it is the same as candid : as, a man preeminently fair in dealing with opposing views. Open is opposed to concealment; the open man does not cultivate a politic reserve, but expre es his opinions freely, without stopping to think of their effect upon his own interests. Frank , literally, free ; the freedom may be in regard to one's own opinions, which is the same as openne , or in regard to things belonging to others, where the freedom may go so far as to be unpleasant, or it may disregard conventional ideas as to reticence. Hence, while openne is consistent with timidity, frankne implies some degree of boldne . Ingenuous implies a permanent moral quality, an elevated inability to be other than honest or open, even to one's own lo ; there is a peculiar subjective cast to the word, as though the man stood most in awe of the disapprobation of his own judgment and conscience; hence the close connection between ingenuousne and modesty. Naïve expre es a real or an a umed unconsciousne of the way in which one's words meet conventional rules, or of the construction which may be put upon them by others; naïveté is thus an openne or frankne proceeding from native or a umed simplicity or artle ne . Sincere expre es the spirit and language that go with the love of truth; the sincere man is nece arily candid and fair, and as open and frank as seems required by truth. He [Dryden] was, moreover, a man of singularly open soul, and of a temper self-confident enough to be candid even with himself. Lowell , Among my Books, 1st ser., p. 7. I like not fair terms and a villain's mind. Shak ., M. of V., i. 3. True, some are open , and to all men known. Pope , Moral E ays, i. 51. O Truth is easy, and the light shines clear In hearts kept open , honest and sincere! A. Coles , The Evangel. Shak ., Hen. V., i. 2. With frank and with uncurbed plainne Tell us the dauphin's mind. If an ingenuous detestation of falsehood be but carefully and early instilled, that is the true and genuine method to obviate dishonesty. Locke . Infuse into their young breasts such an ingenuous and nouned. Milton , Education. He makes no secret of his view that poetry stands highest among the arts, and that he [William Words worth] is at the head of it. He expre es such opinions in the most naïve manner. Caroline Fox , Journal, p. 143. candid But had thy love, still odiously pretended, Been, as it ought, sincere , it would have taught thee Far other reasonings. Milton , S. A., 1. 874.