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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