Definition of principled
:exhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle
—often used in combination
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She took a principled stand on funding public education.
a high-principled art expert who always told clients what he honestly thought their items were worth
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Bowing to China on issue after issue has only reinforced the impression in Beijing that the Trump administration - rather than being firm and principled in defending U.S. interests - can be bought or bent with little effort.
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Menashe is not about a bitter custody battle, or even a principled stand taken against an unfair society.
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Trump does have defenders more principled than Hannity and the Fox News commentariat.
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Actually, across his long career, Gerry took principled stands for the Revolution, the American republic, limited government, and the Bill of Rights.
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Thus, some Trumpists decided to express their principled opposition to such intimidation, by threatening to kill Kaczynski and his family.
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Ted Cruz, a principled conservative who would never condone violence against the media, thirstily made some vague, nonsensical allusions suggesting that CNN may have committed a crime.
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In the years since, Gillibrand has made a name for herself as an ambitious, principled lawmaker, with — recently — a bit of a sailor’s mouth.
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But the draft summit conclusions seen by Bloomberg suggest European leaders are also alive to Macron’s concern that the EU’s principled commitment to free trade doesn’t tip over into naivety.
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First Known Use of principled
1635
principled Synonyms
Synonyms
decent, ethical, honest, just, noble, honorable, respectable, righteous, stand-up, upright, upstandingAntonyms
base, dishonest, dishonorable, ignoble, low, unethical, unjust, unprincipled, unrighteous, unworthyRelated Words
blameless, guiltless, irreproachable, unassailable, unimpeachable; chivalrous, classy, high-minded, menschy, right-minded; conscientious, fair, good, incorruptible, moral, reputable, respected, scrupulous, uncorrupted, virtuous; decorous, nice, polite, proper, seemlyNear Antonyms
bad, blackguardly, corrupt, criminal, crooked, evil, immoral, iniquitous, knavish, mean, nefarious, rascally, reprehensible, roguish, rotten, scoundrelly, sinful; unfair, unscrupulous, vile, villainous, wicked, wretched; blamable, blameworthy, censurable, culpable; debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, disgraceful, disreputable, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, profligate, reprobate, shameful, venalPRINCIPLED Defined for English Language Learners
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