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- noun Plural form of
principle .
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Words with the same meaning
- Ten Commandments
- Zeitgeist
- alphabet
- assured probity
- axiology
- basics
- behavioral norm
- blamelessness
- business ethics
- character
- cleanness
- code
- code of ethics
- code of morals
- course
- creed
- decalogue
- decency
- elements
- erectness
- estimableness
- ethic
- ethical system
- ethics
- ethos
- fairness
- first principles
- first steps
- good character
- goodness
- grammar
- guiding principles
- high ideals
- high principles
- high-mindedness
- honesty
- honor
- honorableness
- hornbook
- immaculacy
- induction
- integrity
- irreproachability
- irreproachableness
- justice
- justness
- legal ethics
- line
- medical ethics
- moral climate
- moral code
- moral excellence
- moral principles
- moral strength
- morals
- new morality
- nobility
- norm
- normative system
- outlines
- plan of action
- platform
- policy
- polity
- position paper
- primer
- principia
- probity
- procedure
- professional ethics
- pureness
- purity
- rectitude
- reputability
- respectability
- righteousness
- rudiments
- social ethics
- stainlessness
- standards
- unimpeachability
- unimpeachableness
- unspottedness
- uprightness
- upstandingness
- value system
- virtue
- virtuousness
- worthiness
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