Principle |
Beginning; commencement. |
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Principle |
A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause. |
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Principle |
An original faculty or endowment. |
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Principle |
A fundamental truth; a comprehensive law or doctrine, from which others are derived, or on which others are founded; a general truth; an elementary proposition; a maxim; an axiom; a postulate. |
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Principle |
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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