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principle

English

  1. 🔊 a basic truth or law or assumption
    “the principles of democracy”
  2. 🔊 a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
    “the principle of the conservation of mass”
  3. 🔊 a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
    “their principles of composition characterized all their works”
  4. 🔊 a rule or standard especially of good behavior
    “a man of principle”
  5. 🔊 rule of personal conduct
  6. 🔊 (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
    “the rationale for capital punishment”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 precepto principle
  2. 🔊 principio principle

Similar words

rationale rule rule precept procrustean law a belief a priori truth activity ambition antecedents article of faith aspiration at bottom attitude axiom base basement basically basis bearing wall bed bedding bedrock belief