principledadjective
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəld/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəld/formalalways behaving in an honest and moral way:
She was a very principled woman.
based on moral rules:
The Church is taking a principled stand against the conflict.
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Virtue and moral good
- altruism
- angel
- angelic
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean
- goodness
- lily-white
- moral
- nobility
- noble
- pure
- purity
- spinach
- straight
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- unselfish
- upliftment
- virtue
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