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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
- To Mr. Goodworthy, a respectable householder with excellent principles, the capital of France was a paradise of the joyously obscene.37-38 — Chapters 37-38 (84% in)
- In his clerical dress there was indeed something in him to suggest the tar-barrel; and though on principle he gave five hundred lines to any boy on whose lips he overheard his nickname, at dinner-parties in the precincts he often made little jokes about it.17-18 — Chapters 17-18 (9% in)
- Oh, my principle is to profit by all the benefits that society provides.85-86 — Chapters 85-86 (97% in)
There are no more uses of "principle" in Of Human Bondage.
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