#principle  a rule or standard especially of good behavior: "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles"
  supertype:  value.ideal  an ideal accepted by some individual or group; "he has old-fashioned values"
  subtype:  chivalry  the medieval principles of knighthood
  subtype:  ethic__moral_principle__moralprinciple__value-system__valuesystem__value_orientation__valueorientation  the principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values"
     subtype:  Chartism  the principles of a body of 19th century English reformers who advocated better social and economic conditions for working people
  subtype:  Hellenism  the principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilization
  subtype:  legal_principle__legalprinciple__judicial_principle__judicial_doctrine  a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
     subtype:  jus_sanguinis__jussanguini  the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents
     subtype:  jus_soli__jussoli  the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth
     subtype:  pre-emption__preemption__preemption  the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject
  subtype:  scruple  an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action

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