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principled
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Based on, having or manifesting principles.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN stand ▪ Yet, even in opposition circles, intellectuals have refused to take a principled stand . ▪ If Pyongyang refuses, the allies will at least have taken a principled stand . ▪ For this principled stand , the ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"honorable, moral," 1690s, from principle , which was used as a verb 17c.-18c. meaning "to ground in principles."
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Principled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Principling .] To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct, good or ill. Governors should be well principled. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person" [ant: unprincipled ]
Usage examples of principled.
It is, however, more than evident, you cannot force them, principled and united as they are, to your unworthy terms of submission.
I lost myself in the Hitchcockian brilliance of the double crossings and treacherous dealings, the principled spies and the demonic Nazis.
The largest risk is that Edgars might find a powerful patron who is too principled to succumb to your bribe.
Parties, right up until 1912, the history of Bolshevism was the history of numerous and repeated attempts to unite the Party on a principled basis.
That was a principled stand, because all knew that his father, old Francis Blair, was close to Cameron, and forcing the Secretary of War to eat his words publicly would cause the Pennsylvania dealmaker great embarrassment.
Even so, what we regard as a tolerable level of internal corruption is -- thanks to our rules on financial transparency -- positively microscopic compared to that in just about every other organisation we do business with, and it is a matter of considerable pride for us that in any given transaction or deal we will almost without exception be the most honest and principled party involved.
If, on the other hand, they are proper, highly principled girls and do make a scene, I'll just claim that I was visiting the temple to pray for a son and that, on noticing some women in there already, I knelt down and kowtowed outside to avoid mixed company.