principled

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
principled
    adj 1: based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of
           rightness or morality; "principled pragmatism and
           unprincipled expediency"; "a principled person" [ant:
           {unprincipled}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Principle \Prin"ci*ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Principled}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Principling}.]
   To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain
   principles; to impress with any tenet, or rule of conduct,
   good or ill.
   [1913 Webster]

         Governors should be well principled.     --L'Estrange.
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         Let an enthusiast be principled that he or his teacher
         is inspired.                             --Locke.
   [1913 Webster] Princock
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "principled":
      Christian, blameless, clean, correct, creditable, decent, erect,
      estimable, ethical, fair, full of integrity, good, high-minded,
      high-principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, immaculate,
      inviolate, irreproachable, just, law-abiding, law-loving,
      law-revering, manly, moral, moralistic, noble, proper, pure,
      reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, scrupulous,
      spotless, stainless, sterling, true-dealing, true-devoted,
      true-disposing, true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted,
      unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unimpeachable,
      unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, upright, uprighteous,
      upstanding, virtuous, worthy, yeomanly

    

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