Definition of ingenuous

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Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc..

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Artless :: Artless (a.) Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale..
Free :: Free (superl.) Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved; ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
Frankness :: Frankness (n.) The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.
Illiberal :: Illiberal (a.) Indicating a lack of breeding, culture, and the like; ignoble; rude; narrow-minded; disingenuous..
Ingenuousness :: Ingenuousness (n.) The state or quality of being ingenuous; openness of heart; frankness.
Disingenuous :: Disingenuous (a.) Not noble; unbecoming true honor or dignity; mean; unworthy; as, disingenuous conduct or schemes..
Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; upright; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal..
Naive :: Naive (a.) Having native or unaffected simplicity; ingenuous; artless; frank; as, naive manners; a naive person; naive and unsophisticated remarks..
Candid :: Candid (a.) Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister..
Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) Openness of heart; ingenuousness.
Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Ingenious.
Ingenuousness :: Ingenuousness (n.) Ingenuity.
Disingenuity :: Disingenuity (n.) Disingenuousness.
Ingenuously :: Ingenuously (adv.) In an ingenuous manner; openly; fairly; candidly; artlessly.
Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth..
Frank :: Frank (n.) Free in uttering one's real sentiments; not reserved; using no disguise; candid; ingenuous; as, a frank nature, conversation, manner, etc..
Innocence :: Innocence (n.) Simplicity or plainness, bordering on weakness or silliness; artlessness; ingenuousness..
Insincere :: Insincere (a.) Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations..
Naivete :: Naivete (n.) Native simplicity; unaffected plainness or ingenuousness; artlessness.
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