n. 25B6; noun
elementary principles : TRUTH, proposition, concept, idea, theory, assumption, fundamental, essential.
the principle of laissez-faire : DOCTRINE, belief, creed, credo, (golden) rule, criterion, tenet, code, ethic, dictum, canon, law.
a woman of principle 007C; sticking to one's principles : MORALS, morality, (code of) ethics, beliefs, ideals, standards; integrity, uprightness, righteousness, virtue, probity, (sense of) honour, decency, conscience, scruples.
25A0; in principle
there is no reason, in principle, why we couldn't work together : IN THEORY, theoretically, on paper.
he has accepted the idea in principle : IN GENERAL, in essence, on the whole, in the main.