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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A Posteriori :: A posteriori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning..
Antiarin :: Antiarin (n.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar.
Dephlogisticcate :: Dephlogisticcate (v. t.) To deprive of phlogiston, or the supposed principle of inflammability..
Honorableness :: Honorableness (n.) Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness..
Diatom :: Diatom (n.) A particle or atom endowed with the vital principle.
Conscience :: Conscience (n.) The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense..
Grammates :: Grammates (n. pl.) Rudiments; first principles, as of grammar..
Imbue :: Imbue (v. t.) To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles..
Tontine :: Tontine (n.) An annuity, with the benefit of survivorship, or a loan raised on life annuities with the benefit of survivorship. Thus, an annuity is shared among a number, on the principle that the share of each, at his death, is enjoyed by the survivors, until at last the whole goes to the last survivor, or to the last two or three, according to the terms on which the money is advanced. Used also adjectively; as, tontine insurance..
Indoctrination :: Indoctrination (n.) The act of indoctrinating, or the condition of being indoctrinated; instruction in the rudiments and principles of any science or system of belief; information..
Body :: Body (n.) The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person..
Nominalism :: Nominalism (n.) The principles or philosophy of the Nominalists.
Element :: Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.
Radicality :: Radicality (n.) Radicalness; relation to a root in essential nature or principle.
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
Propagandism :: Propagandism (n.) The art or practice of propagating tenets or principles; zeal in propagating one's opinions.
Stoichiometric :: Stoichiology (n.) The statement or discussion of the first principles of any science or art.
Exclusionism :: Exclusionism (n.) The character, manner, or principles of an exclusionist..
Specific :: Specific (a.) Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria..
Axiom :: Axiom (a.) An established principle in some art or science, which, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy..
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