principled

prin·ci·pled (pr

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ld)

adj.

Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle: a principled decision; a highly principled person.

principled [ˈprɪnsɪp^əld]

adj

a. having high moral principles

b. (in combination) high-principled

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Adj.

principled - based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person"

scrupulous - having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance"

unprincipled - lacking principles or moral scruples; "freedom from coarse unprincipled calumny"- A.E.Stevenson

principled

adjective moral, ethical, upright, honourable, just, correct, decent, righteous, conscientious, virtuous, scrupulous, right-minded, high-minded She was a strong, principled woman.

Translations

principled [ˈprɪnsɪpld] ADJ [person] → de fuertes principios; [behaviour, stand] → basado en fuertes principios

principled

adj man, statesman → mit Prinzipien or Grundsätzen, prinzipientreu; high-principled → mit hohen Prinzipien or Grundsätzen; to take a principled stand → seinen Prinzipien treu bleiben; on principled grounds → aus prinzipiellen Gründen

principled [ˈprɪnsɪp/əld] adj (person, position) → di principio
I didn't know you were so high principled → non ti facevo uno di così elevati principi

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conscientious conscionable decadent depraved dishonest ethical fraudulent high-minded high-principled honourable knavish last resort licentious Lyell Charles make-do moral pis aller profligate Scrupulosity	Henry Crawford had too much sense not to feel the worth of good principles in a wife, though he was too little accustomed to serious reflection to know them by their proper name; but when he talked of her having such a steadiness and regularity of conduct, such a high notion of honour, and such an observance of decorum as might warrant any man in the fullest dependence on her faith and integrity, he expressed what was inspired by the knowledge of her being well principled and religious. Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context Still she behaved generously, and like a high principled woman. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context I'm principled about this matter," said she, turning to Miss Ophelia; "you'll find the necessity of it. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context	principally Principalness principalship principate Principe Príncipe Principen Principia Principial Principiant Principiate Principiation principium principle Principle of contradiction principle of economy principle of equivalence principle of indifference principle of least action principle of liquid displacement principle of parsimony principle of relativity principle of superposition Principle of virtual velocities Principle of vis viva principled Princock Prinia Prinival prink Prinker Prinpriddle print print bar print buffer print head print media print off print out print over print reference print run print seller print shop print spooler print unions print wheel Print works print-out print-through Printa-ble	principle of the excluded middle principle of the excluded middle principle of the excluded middle principle of the maximum principle of the minimum Principle of the Nomological Character of Causality Principle of uniform boundedness Principle of uniformity Principle of virtual velocities Principle of Virtual Work Principle of Virtual Work Principle of vis viva principle part Principle Period of Maintenance Principle quantum number Principle quantum number Principle Research Areas Principle square root Principle square root Principle Support Commands Principle Tandem Principle Voices of Polygamy Principle Warfare Officer Principle Working Group on Health Principle-Based Approach principle-based common morality principle-based common morality principle-based common morality principle-based common morality Principle-Centered Management principled Principled approach Principled approach Principled Score for the Defining Issues Test Principles Principles Principles Principles Principles Principles & Application of Value Engineering Principles & Practices Principles and Carpet Cleaning Methods Principles and Criteria Principles and Guidelines Principles and Parameter Theory Principles and parameters Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming Principles and Practice of Engineering Principles and Practice of Engineering Examination Principles and Practice of Fire Modelling Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases Principles and Practice of Land Surveying Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming Principles and Practice of Semantic Web Reasoning Principles and Practices of Financial Management Principles and Practices of Programming in Java Principles and Protocols of Humanitarian Operation Principles and Rules for Cooperation and Competition Principles and Standards Principles and Standards for School Mathematics

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conscientious
conscionable
decadent
depraved
dishonest
ethical
fraudulent
high-minded
high-principled
honourable
knavish
last resort
licentious
Lyell Charles
make-do
moral
pis aller
profligate
Scrupulosity

Henry Crawford had too much sense not to feel the worth of good principles in a wife, though he was too little accustomed to serious reflection to know them by their proper name; but when he talked of her having such a steadiness and regularity of conduct, such a high notion of honour, and such an observance of decorum as might warrant any man in the fullest dependence on her faith and integrity, he expressed what was inspired by the knowledge of her being well principled and religious.

Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context

Still she behaved generously, and like a high principled woman.

Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context

I'm principled about this matter," said she, turning to Miss Ophelia; "you'll find the necessity of it.

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context

principle of the excluded middle
principle of the excluded middle
principle of the excluded middle
principle of the maximum
principle of the minimum
Principle of the Nomological Character of Causality
Principle of uniform boundedness
Principle of uniformity
Principle of virtual velocities
Principle of Virtual Work
Principle of Virtual Work
Principle of vis viva
principle part
Principle Period of Maintenance
Principle quantum number
Principle quantum number
Principle Research Areas
Principle square root
Principle square root
Principle Support Commands
Principle Tandem
Principle Voices of Polygamy
Principle Warfare Officer
Principle Working Group on Health
Principle-Based Approach
principle-based common morality
principle-based common morality
principle-based common morality
principle-based common morality
Principle-Centered Management

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