say it: PRIN-suh-puhld
principled is an adjective meaning "based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality". It carries one recorded sense.
based on or manifesting objectively defined standards of rightness or morality
“principled pragmatism and unprincipled expediency”
“a principled person”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for principled come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.