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Meaning of principle

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  principle
      n 1: 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"
           [syn: {principle}, {rule}]
      2: a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of
         principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
      3: a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of
         democracy"
      4: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function
         of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of
         mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand
         rule for inductive fields" [syn: {principle}, {rule}]
      5: rule of personal conduct [syn: {principle}, {precept}]
      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"; "the
         principles of internal-combustion engines" [syn: {rationale},
         {principle}]

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