PRINCIPLE in WASHINGTON SQUARE

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Definition

a basic rule or belief

The exact meaning of principle can depend upon its context. For example:

"our guiding principles" — basic moral beliefs that guide decisions and behavior
"electromagnetic principles" — rules describing how the world works
"She lacks principles." — lacks moral guidelines
"We agree in principle." — about important basic beliefs

CHAPTER VI Mrs. Penniman even took for granted at times that other people had as much imagination as herself; so that when, half an hour later, her brother came in, she addressed him quite on this principle.
Chapter 6 (1% in)
There passed through Morris Townsend's mind a rapid wonder as to what he might, even under a remote contingency, be indebted to from the action of this principle in Dr. Sloper's breast, and the inquiry exhausted itself in his sense of the ludicrous.
Chapter 16 (55% in)
Yes, but you see that on that principle Catherine has duties to him as well.
Chapter 16 (57% in)

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