principled
[prin-suh-puh ld]
- imbued with or having moral principles (often used in combination): high-principled.
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Origin of principled
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noblevirtuousconscientioushonestmoralequitablehonorablehumanerighteousdecentmoralisticcleancorrectelevatedfairfittinggoodjustkosherproperExamples from the Web for principled
Contemporary Examples
A principled GOP could,” said the Senator, “find people on both left and right to cooperate on issues.
He developed a reputation for principled independence that others sometimes saw as arrogance.
From The Square Deal to The New Deal: The Overlapping Political Identities of TR and FDRJohn Avlon
September 9, 2014
“We hope that the release of this exam will address the principled confusion that the new framework produced,” Coleman wrote.
It is a call to be principled and practical at the same time.
Yes, Katniss is brave, strong, and principled, but she is not purely good, or unrealistically selfless.
Historical Examples
She is principled against it, and says she will not be rung about the house like a negro.
Pencil SketchesEliza Leslie
These also, and no others, are principled in love truly conjugial.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial LoveEmanuel Swedenborg
Every arm lifted up for royalty from the beginning was the arm of a man so principled.
The principled Royalists are certainly not of force to effect these objects by themselves.
He was too proud willingly to live on Katie, and he was principled against labour.
An Anarchist WomanHutchins Hapgood
principled
- having high moral principles
- (in combination)high-principled
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Word Origin and History for principled
adj.
"honorable, moral," 1690s, from principle, which was used as a verb 17c.-18c. meaning "to ground in principles."
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