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  • 1settled principle — index law, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2principle — I (axiom) noun accepted belief, adage, admitted maxim, article of belief, article of faith, assertion, assurance, basic doctrine, basic law, basic rule, basic truth, belief, canon, conviction, credo, declaration of faith, decretum, doctrine,… …

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  • 3principle — Synonyms and related words: Procrustean law, a belief, a priori truth, activity, ambition, antecedents, article of faith, aspiration, at bottom, attitude, axiom, base, basement, basically, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, belief,… …

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  • 4Principle — Prin ci*ple, n. [F. principe, L. principium beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, cipis. See {Prince}.] 1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Doubting sad end of principle unsound. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A source, or origin; that… …

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  • 5Principle of contradiction — Principle Prin ci*ple, n. [F. principe, L. principium beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, cipis. See {Prince}.] 1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Doubting sad end of principle unsound. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A source, or… …

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  • 6principle — A fundamental truth or doctrine, as of law; a comprehensive rule or doctrine which furnishes a basis or origin for others; a settled rule of action, procedure, or legal determination. A truth or proposition so clear that it cannot be proved or… …

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  • 7guiding principle — Synonyms and related words: big idea, canon, code, commandment, convention, course, creed, dictum, form, formula, fundamental idea, general principle, golden rule, guideline, guiding principles, idee maitresse, imperative, law, leading idea, line …

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  • 8Bitter principle — Principle Prin ci*ple, n. [F. principe, L. principium beginning, foundation, fr. princeps, cipis. See {Prince}.] 1. Beginning; commencement. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Doubting sad end of principle unsound. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A source, or… …

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  • 9Holographic principle — Holographic Universe redirects here. For the album, see Holographic Universe (album). For the book by Michael Talbot, see The Holographic Universe. String theory …

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  • 10Exclusion principle (philosophy) — For other uses, see Exclusion principle (disambiguation)The Exclusion principle is a philosophical principle that states::If an event e causes event e* , then there is no event e# such that e# is non supervenient on e and e# causes e* .In… …

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