principle is on the Academic Word List.
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- (countable) Principles are personal rules that tell you what is right and wrong.
- It goes against my principles to ignore her.
- One principle I follow is not to have regret.
- (countable) A principle is the general idea that explains or supports something.
- The basic principle of his chair is that the knees should be below the hips.
- Police must not accept money because it could affect their judgement. The same principle applies if gifts, etc, are offered.
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