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Principle
ˈprɪn(t)sɪpl
Principle definitions
noun
principle
principles
- a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning
"the basic principles of justice"
- a rule or belief governing one's behaviour
"struggling to be true to their own principles"
- morally correct behaviour and attitudes
"a man of principle"
- a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field
- a natural law forming the basis for the construction or working of a machine
"these machines all operate on the same general principle"
- a fundamental source or basis of something
"the first principle of all things was water"
- a fundamental quality determining the nature of something
"the combination of male and female principles"
- an active or characteristic constituent of a substance, obtained by simple analysis or separation
"the active principle of Spanish fly"