transparency
Nothing to hide
Transparency is the quality of being see-through—glass has transparency, murky water lacks it.
The word extends to openness and honesty in communication: The company promised greater transparency about its hiring practices.
Government transparency means public access to information about decisions and operations.
In design, transparency refers to how much background shows through an image or layer.
Unguarded truthfulness
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
directness · frankness · openness · straightforwardness · guilelessness · plainspokenness · veracity · bluntness
Obligation for one's actions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- auditFormal accounts examination
regulation · reporting · scrutiny · ethics · monitoring · standards · whistleblowing · checks
Act of revealing information
- recusalWithdrawal for bias concerns
- self-dealingMisusing fiduciary position
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
favoritism · cronyism · corruption · ethics · fiduciary
Allowing vision through
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
sheer · gossamer · gauze · tulle · frosted · veil · film · cellophane
Soviet reform initiative
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
- liberalizationReducing state economic controls
State of being understandable
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- legibilityClearness of text
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
accessibility · plain language · readability · lucidity · precision · simplicity · straightforwardness
candor
Unguarded truthfulness
- sincerityHonest, unfeigned genuineness
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
- truthfulnessHabit of not lying
authenticity · directness · frankness · openness · straightforwardness · guilelessness · plainspokenness · veracity · bluntness · uprightness
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- disclosureAct of revealing information
- complianceAdhering to requirements
audit · regulation · reporting · scrutiny · ethics · monitoring · standards · whistleblowing · checks · balances
disclosure
Act of revealing information
- recusalWithdrawal for bias concerns
- self-dealingMisusing fiduciary position
- improprietyUnsuitable or inappropriate behavior
nepotism · favoritism · cronyism · corruption · ethics · fiduciary
see-through
Allowing vision through
- clearWithout obstruction or fog
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
diaphanous · sheer · gossamer · gauze · tulle · frosted · veil · film · cellophane · acrylic
perestroika
Soviet reform initiative
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- USSRFormer communist superpower
- democratizationTransition toward popular rule
Gorbachev · liberalization · openness · dissident · Soviet · détente
clarity
State of being understandable
- explicitnessQuality of being unambiguous
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
- legibilityClearness of text
comprehensibility · accessibility · plain language · readability · lucidity · precision · simplicity · straightforwardness
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- soap bubblesbubbles, soap bubbles, bubble wands, iridescence, surface tension
- finance termsnet profit, gross profit, budget, credit, debt
- Medical Ethicsmedical ethics, patient confidentiality, informed consent, patient autonomy, beneficence
- Court Transparencyopen justice, public access, court records, public hearings, public trials
transparencyopacity
Impermeability to light
opaqueness · cloudiness · murkiness · turbidity · haziness
transparencysecrecy
Practice of hiding information
opacity · concealment · cover-up · obfuscation · nondisclosure
transparencyobscurity
State of being unknown
ambiguity · vagueness · opaqueness · impenetrability · obfuscation
- pay transparencyOpen sharing of compensation information
- financial transparencyOpen disclosure of monetary dealings
- full transparency
- transparency initiativesPrograms promoting institutional disclosure
- transparent tapeClear adhesive strip
- wage transparencyOpen sharing of compensation information
transparent, transparently, transparence, transparencies, nontransparent, semi-transparent