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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, verb (used with an object) [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. --L'Estrange.
Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher is inspired. --Locke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
principled
adjective: based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person" [ant: {unprincipled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "principled": Christian, blameless, clean, correct, creditable, decent, erect, estimable, ethical, fair, full of integrity, good, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate, inviolate, irreproachable, just, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, manly, moral, moralistic, noble, proper, pure, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, scrupulous, spotless, stainless, sterling, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly
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