Căn'did, a.
a. [Fr. candide, Lat. candidus, from candere, to be of a glowing white.]
Sense 1. White. [Obs.]
The box receives all black; but poured from thence The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.
Sense 2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; open; frank; ingenuous. “Candid and dispassionate men.” W. Irving.
Sense 3. Fair; just; impartial; as, a candid view, or construction.
Synonyms—Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable.—CANDID, FAIR, OPEN, FRANK, INGENUOUS. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when he 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.