principled
- 1Always trying to do what is right by sticking to strong moral rules.
Like someone who always keeps their promises, even when it is hard.
She is a principled leader who refuses to lie to her team.
He made a principled choice and gave back the extra money.
Similarethical, honorable, upright, scrupulous, moral
Oppositeunprincipled, unscrupulous, corrupt, dishonorable
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- 2Built on or showing a clear set of guiding rules or beliefs.
Like a game played with clear rules that everyone agrees on.
They took a principled approach to the new project.
Her argument was principled and easy to follow.
Similarsystematic, coherent, consistent, rigorous
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- 3Past tense and past participle of principle. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.
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principled is a form of principle
principle, verb: To teach someone a set of beliefs or rules to live by. Full entry
- Forms
- principleprinciples he/she/itprincipling -ing formprincipled past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- principle → principled: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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Origin
Made from the word "principle" plus the ending "-ed."