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PRINCIPLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
Example:
a principled person
Classified under:
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)