# principled

Pronunciation: say "PRIN-si-puld" /ˈpɹɪnsɪpəld/

## Adjective

1. Strongly committed to one's guiding beliefs or moral rules, and careful to act in line with them even when it is costly.
   - Simple: Always trying to do what is right by sticking to strong moral rules.
   - _A principled negotiator, she walked away rather than accept a corrupt deal._
   - _Voters respected the senator as a principled opponent of the policy._
2. Based on, having, or expressing a coherent set of underlying principles rather than scattered, one-off choices.
   - Simple: Built on or showing a clear set of guiding rules or beliefs.
   - _The reform rested on a principled framework rather than political convenience._
   - _Scientists value a principled method for selecting data samples._

## Verb

3. Simple past and past participle of principle. — simple past and past participle of principle
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of principle. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.

## Origin

Formed from "principle" combined with the suffix "-ed."

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