A general law or rule adopted or professed as a guide to action; a settled ground or basis of conduct or practice; a fundamental motive or reason…
= principle, n.
= mainspring, n. 2.
figurative. A ground for an action or attitude; an underlying reason or justification.
figurative. The chief motive power; the main incentive.
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