Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Plainness of speech; candor; openness; ingenuousness: as, he told me his opinion with frankness.
  • noun Liberality; bounteousness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state of being frank; candour; honesty.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the trait of being blunt and outspoken
  • noun the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech

Etymologies

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frank +‎ -ness

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