principle

principle
n
1. rule, law, moral law, golden rule; rule of conduct, rubric, precept; guideline, rule of thumb, basic rule; formula, formulary, method, way; model, standard, criterion, convention, custom, practice; natural law, general truth, universal truth; regulation, ordinance, commandment; mandate, directive, dictum, canon, Both Rom. Cath. Ch. bull, encyclical.
2. tenet, maxim, axiom, postulate; truism, truth, self-evident truth; mathematical rule, Math. formula, theorem, hypothesis, Math. proposition, Math. corollary.
3. principles code, personal code, moral or ethical code; morals, ethics, ethos; standards, platform, ideals, conscience, moral sense, inner monitor, scruples, sense of duty; voice of conscience, that still small voice; morality, probity, uprightness, goodness, rectitude, righteousness; honesty, integrity, honor, character, decency, respectability; responsibility, fidelity, faithfulness, trustworthiness, constancy, loyalty; equity, justice, fair play, fairness, scrupulousness, justness; virtue, piety, purity, innocence, continence, temperance, restraint.
4. order, system, plan, design; discipline, course, routine, program, line; way, manner, mode, process, procedure, Latin, modus operandi. means, technique, practice.
5. essential quality, essence, element; substance, constituent, germ, seed, heart; rudiment, basic component; substratum, bedrock, basis; stuff, brute matter, constituent material.
6. reason, grounds, motive, rationale, call, motivation; Inf. whys, Inf. wherefores; basis, impulse, origin genesis.

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