Definition of “principled”

Usage examples

• Your father is loyal, principled and obedient to me, which is how it should be.

  Fay Weldon, NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A Collection of Short Stories (2002)

• The closest thing to a principled objection has come from Dick Armey, Republican congressman from Mississippi.

  Spiked (2002)

• Tory insiders are quick to admit that Ernie Eves does not have the principled policy compass possessed by his predecessor Mike Harris.

  Ottawa Sun (2003)

• So we see the combination of the practical and the principled in Brown.

  Glasgow Herald (2002)

• On the contrary, she is cast as foil to Jess's principled refusal to hide her sexuality.

  Hamer, Diane & Budge, Belinda (eds), The Good, the Bad and the Gorgeous (1994)