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FORTHRIGHTNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Synonyms:
candidness; candor; candour; directness; forthrightness; frankness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("forthrightness" is a kind of...):
honestness; honesty (the quality of being honest)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forthrightness"):
ingenuousness (openly straightforward or frank)
Derivation:
forthright (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion)
