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candid
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)

We will report this to Erudite, Candor, and Dauntless as soon as we can.
Chpt 2

candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directness

(editor's note: In this novel, you will see candor capitalized and used many times to refer to a group of people who most highly value honesty and directness.)
I may not be Candor anymore, but I can still tell when someone is keeping the truth from me.
Chpt 3

candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directness
I wish I could see like Johanna sees, like the Candor see—I wish I could read his expression.
Chpt 5
I'm sure if it had been Candor and not Abnegation that got attacked, you would have just let your family get shot between the eyes without protest.
Chpt 6
All faction clothing is represented in the group before me: black Candor pants paired with black Dauntless shirts, yellow dresses with blue sweatshirts over them.
Chpt 8
"You sound like the Candor," I say irritably.
Chpt 9
Not Candor.
Chpt 9
Then Erudite, then Candor, then a handful of Amity.
Chpt 9
Has Candor done anything?
Chpt 9
Half at Erudite headquarters, half at Candor headquarters.
Chpt 9
I imagine Erudite's staring eye, Candor's unbalanced scales, Abnegation's clasped hands, and the Dauntless flames.
Chpt 9
By the time we leave the bathroom, I wear jeans and a black shirt that is so loose up top that it slips off my shoulders, and Susan wears baggy jeans and a white Candor shirt with a collar.
Chpt 10
"I have to go to Candor headquarters and find out what's going on," I say.
Chpt 10
Candor headquarters is large enough to contain an entire world.
Chpt 10
The sign says MERC IS MART-it used to read "Merchandise Mart," but most people refer to it as the Merciless Mart, because the Candor are merciless, but honest.
Chpt 10
He seemed so determined to get to Candor headquarters that I wonder if he's planning something without me.
Chpt 10
A ring of white marble tiles in the center of the room form the symbol of Candor: a set of unbalanced scales, meant to symbolize the weighing of truth against lies.
Chpt 10
If Erudite didn't take over Candor—and Edward told us they didn't—why would the Candor arrest us?
Chpt 11
If Erudite didn't take over Candor—and Edward told us they didn't—why would the Candor arrest us?
Chpt 11
They were under the simulation, but maybe Candor doesn't know that or doesn't think it's a good enough reason.
Chpt 11
A few people file in—two Candor with guns; a dark-skinned, older Candor man; a Dauntless woman I don't recognize.
Chpt 11
A few people file in—two Candor with guns; a dark-skinned, older Candor man; a Dauntless woman I don't recognize.
Chpt 11
And then: Jack Kang, representative of Candor.
Chpt 11
Despite his good looks, he isn't known for being charming, probably because he's Candor, and they see charm as deceptive.
Chpt 11
She said the most difficult part of Candor initiation was being given truth serum and answering personal questions in front of everyone in the faction.
Chpt 11
It's pretty commonplace in Candor.
Chpt 11
We walk down a black-marble hallway—it must be easy to get lost in Candor headquarters, since everything looks the same.
Chpt 11
Here the marble floors are white, with a black Candor symbol in the center of the room, and the walls are lit with rows of dim yellow lights, so the whole room glows.
Chpt 11
Most of Candor and the remnants of Dauntless are already gathered.
Chpt 11
Some of them sit on the tiered benches that wrap around the edge of the room, but there isn't enough space for everyone, so the rest are crowded around the Candor symbol.
Chpt 11
Tobias squeezes my hand, and then releases it, and I stand with Christina at the edge of the Candor symbol.
Chpt 11
The Candor around me mutter to each other, some of them scowling.
Chpt 12
The Candor all know Marcus is the most influential government official, and some of them must have read the article Jeanine released about his cruelty toward his son.
Chpt 12
Candor is cruel for forcing them from him, for taking away his freedom.
Chpt 12
The Candor repeat the phrase under their breath.
Chpt 12
Among the Candor, before a person is accepted into our community, they have to completely expose themselves.
Chpt 12
All around me, the Dauntless and the Candor wait for me to step forward and spill my entire life before them.
Chpt 12
The Candor sing the praises of the truth, but they never tell you how much it costs.
Chpt 13 *

candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directness

editor's notes: In this book, Candor is used as a proper noun to name people in the group (faction) who most highly value honesty and directness. Outside of this novel, candor is not capitalized and means "honesty and directness". It is most commonly seen as an adjective in the form candid--meaning "honest and direct".
We stand between the elevators, right above another Candor symbol, the uneven scales.
Chpt 13

candor = in this novel, the group of people who most highly value honesty and directness
You're giving us a bad reputation among the Candor.
Chpt 14
Dauntless men, women, and children are everywhere, and there isn't a single Candor in sight.
Chpt 14
I think Candor is rubbing off on him.
Chpt 14
Candor headquarters is like a maze to them, and they want to learn to navigate it.
Chpt 14
As I walk down the hallway, stepping over unconscious people dressed in black and white, I think of a verse of the song Candor children used to sing when they thought no one could hear them: Dauntless is the cruelest of the five They tear each other to pieces...It has never seemed truer to me than now, watching Dauntless traitors induce a sleeping simulation that is not so different from the one that forced them to kill members of Abnegation not a month ago.
Chpt 15
Amity would not allow a schism; no one in Abnegation would be so selfish; Candor would argue until they found a common solution; and even Erudite would never do something so illogical.
Chpt 15
Maybe none of the Candor are Divergent.
Chpt 15
Eric continues down the hallway, away from me, and I try not to stare as the Candor woman stumbles past me, her hair still trapped in the fist of the Dauntless soldier.
Chpt 15
I step on a Candor girl's pinkie, and her face twitches.
Chpt 15
When we reach the elevator bank, he forces me to my knees next to the Candor woman I saw earlier.
Chpt 15
The Candor woman on my right whimpers.
Chpt 16

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(1) (candid as in: your candid opinion)
honest and direct
(2) (candid as in: a candid photograph)
unposed -- typically said of a photograph
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

candid in Insurgent, by Veronica Roth (Edited)

candid
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)