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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"

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generalisation pillar yang yin feng_shui

2)	a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"

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value accounting_principle chivalry ethic hellenism judicial_doctrine scruple

3)	a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy"

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law dictate basic_principle logic pleasure-pain_principle reality_principle conservation tao

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"

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law gestalt_law_of_organization le_chatelier's_law gresham's_law mass-energy_equivalence naegele's_rule law_of_parsimony principle_of_equivalence principle_of_liquid_displacement huygens'_principle_of_superposition principle_of_superposition mass-action_principle localisation

5)	rule of personal conduct

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prescript ethic higher_law moral_principle hypothetical_imperative caveat_emptor

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"

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explanation jurisprudence ratiocinate dialectics

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