Principled

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [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.
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           Governors should be well principled.     --L'Estrange.
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           Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher
           is inspired.                             --Locke.
     [1913 Webster] Princock

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  principled
       adj : 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