Definition of principle

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Principle (n.) A settled rule of action; a governing law of conduct; an opinion or belief which exercises a directing influence on the life and behavior; a rule (usually, a right rule) of conduct consistently directing one's actions; as, a person of no principle..

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Solidity :: Solidity (n.) Moral firmness; soundness; strength; validity; truth; certainty; -- as opposed to weakness or fallaciousness; as, the solidity of arguments or reasoning; the solidity of principles, triuths, or opinions..
Steady :: Steady (n.) Constant in feeling, purpose, or pursuit; not fickle, changeable, or wavering; not easily moved or persuaded to alter a purpose; resolute; as, a man steady in his principles, in his purpose, or in the pursuit of an object..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To be separated into its component parts or distinct principles; to undergo resolution.
Spirit :: Spirit (n.) A solution in alcohol of a volatile principle. Cf. Tincture.
Active :: Active (a.) Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind..
Stoichiometric :: Stoichiology (n.) The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
Christianize :: Christianize (v. t.) To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles.
Ultramontanism :: Ultramontanism (n.) The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism..
Jacobinism :: Jacobinism (n.) The principles of the Jacobins; violent and factious opposition to legitimate government.
Manicheism :: Manicheism (n.) The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans..
Taxonomy :: Taxonomy (n.) That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
Libertarianism :: Libertarianism (n.) Libertarian principles or doctrines.
Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.
Dissenterism :: Dissenterism (n.) The spirit or principles of dissenters.
Grammar :: Grammar (n.) A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
Foot :: Foot (n.) Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular.
Jesuited :: Jesuited (a.) Conforming to the principles of the Jesuits.
Euclid :: Euclid (n.) A Greek geometer of the 3d century b. c.; also, his treatise on geometry, and hence, the principles of geometry, in general..
Norma :: Norma (n.) A norm; a principle or rule; a model; a standard.
Irregular :: Irregular (a.) Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular..
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