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principle
I (axiom) noun accepted belief, adage, admitted maxim, article of belief, article of faith, assertion, assurance, basic doctrine, basic law, basic rule, basic truth, belief, canon, conviction, credo, declaration of faith, decretum, doctrine, dogma, established rule, form, formula, formulated belief, foundation, fundamental doctrine, fundamental law, fundamental rule, gospel, institution, instruction, intuitive truth, law, law of conduct, maxim, model, philosophy, policy, position, postulate, postulate of reason, precept, professed belief, profession of faith, proposition, provision, received maxim, recognized maxim, reguia, regulation, reliance on, rubric, rule, rule of action, sage maxim, self-evident proposition, self-evident truth, settled principle, standard, statement of belief, statement of position, tenet, theorem, truism, way of thinking associated concepts: equitable principle, legal principle foreign phrases:
- Principle data sequuntur concomitantia. — Given principles are followed by their concomitants
- Principia probant, non probantur. — Principles prove, they are not proved
- Unumquodque principiorum est sibimetipsi fides; et perspicua vera non sunt probanda. — Every general principle is its own evidence, and plain truths need not be proved
II (virtue) noun character, conviction, ethics, goodness, honesty, honor, honorableness, incorruptibility, integritas, integrity, justice, moral excellence, moral rectitude, morality, nobleness, probity, rectitude, righteousness, rightfulness, scrupulousness, trustworthiness, truth, uprightness, virtuousness III index article (precept), basis, belief (something believed), color (complexion), conscience, consequence (significance), conviction (persuasion), cornerstone, corpus, criterion, doctrine, dogma, generality (vague statement), ground, honor (good reputation), integrity, law, maxim, precept, prescription (directive), probity, reason (basis), rectitude, right (righteousness), rule (legal dictate), substance (essential nature), thesis, veracity

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006