prin·ci·pled (pr n s -pld)adj. Based on, marked by, or manifesting principle: a principled decision; a highly principled person. |
principled
Adjective
(of a person or action) guided by moral rules: principled opposition to the war
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| Adj. | 1. | 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
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