principle

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principle noun

A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.“We need some sort of principles to reason from.”
A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.“The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.”
(sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.“I don't doubt your principles.”
A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.“Bernoulli's Principle”

principle verb

To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.

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