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PRINCIPLED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality

Example:

a principled person

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

high-principled (having high principles)

Also:

scrupulous (having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled)

Antonym:

unprincipled (lacking principles or moral scruples)

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