Synonym: belief, doctrine, dogma, law, rule, standard, truth. Antonym: exception. Similar words: principal, multiple, print, sprinkle, spring up, diplomat, diplomatic, recipe. Meaning: ['prɪnsəpl] 
n. 1. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct 2. a rule or standard especially of good behavior 3. a basic truth or law or assumption 4. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system 5. rule of personal conduct 6. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature).
n. 1. a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct 2. a rule or standard especially of good behavior 3. a basic truth or law or assumption 4. a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system 5. rule of personal conduct 6. (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature). 
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91. Reflexology is based on the principle that specific areas on the feet correspond to different parts of the body.
92. Many people are opposed to the sale of arms on principle.
93. As is stated above, this principle applies to all cases.
94. The principle of market forces was applied to some of the countries most revered institutions.
95. These are not politics of honest principle; they are politics of political expediency .
96. In principle, the new software should make the accounting system a lot simpler.
97. We would all support the principle of free speech .
98. The chancellor knows that the principle of subsidiarity must be guaranteed and shown to work.
99. The government accepts whaling in principle as long as it is carefully regulated.
100. It is a principle of mine to help people when I can.
101. They have agreed to the proposal in principle but we still have to negotiate the terms.
102. I think this government operates on the basis of expediency, not of principle.
103. A tidal current turbine is similar in principle to a windmill.
104. He always cleaves to his principle in spite of persecution.
105. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.
106. I incline to the opinion that this principle extends to cases of religious discrimination.
107. It is a principle that underlies all the party's policies.
108. They live by the principle that we are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we want from it.
109. Is it not chiefly because they upheld the principle of serving the people, established exemplary relations with the people through sacrificing their own interests, crated inside the armed forces a comradeship that brought the initiative of junior officers and the rank and file into full play, relied on the masses, analyzed the experience of each battle, and from battle to battle made continuous progress, both strategic and tactical?
110. The death penalty for murder works on the principle of an eye for an eye.
111. The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror.
112. Setting aside the question of cost[sentencedict.com], what do you think of the idea in principle?
113. State superintendence of fisheries shall operate under the principle of unified leadership and decentralized administration.
114. We never haggle about principle.
115. Einstein had no intention of abandoning the relativity principle.
116. This principle plays on the holistic nature of systems.
117. It is guiding principle, abiding truth.
118. On the other hand, honesty is an absolutely necessary policy as a matter of principle and also credibility.
119. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine 
120. This principle is not the special prerogative of anthropology, and it transcends all the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines.
More similar words: principal, multiple, print, sprinkle, spring up, diplomat, diplomatic, recipe, pencil, council, incident, ancient, recipient, municipal, plea, financial, anticipate, apple, plead, participate, participant, temple, couple, purple, people, complex, sample, renunciation, conciliatory, participation.