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high-principled
adjective as in conscientious
adjective as in ethical
adjective as in honorable
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adjective as in principled
adjective as in reliable
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adjective as in reputable
Weak matches
- acclaimed
- celebrated
- conscientious
- constant
- creditable
- dependable
- estimable
- excellent
- fair
- faithful
- famed
- famous
- favored
- good
- high-ranking
- honest
- honorable
- honored
- in high favor
- just
- legitimate
- notable
- of good repute
- popular
- redoubted
- reliable
- respectable
- righteous
- salt of the earth
- sincere
- straightforward
- truthful
- upright
- well-thought-of
adjective as in right-minded
adjective as in true
adjective as in veracious
adjective as in virtuous
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- blameless
- celibate
- chaste
- clean-living
- effective
- effectual
- efficient
- excellent
- exemplary
- faithful
- guiltless
- in the clear
- incorruptible
- inculpable
- irreprehensible
- legit
- moral
- moralistic
- on the level
- on the up and up
- praiseworthy
- pure
- regular
- right-minded
- spotless
- straight
- true-blue
- unsullied
- untainted
- untarnished
- up front
- upright
- without reproach
- worthy
Example Sentences
I try to make my prairie burn regularly—and not disappoint the public—but it is not as high-principled as I am.
He was generous, bold, and high-principled; but the simplest accident would turn all those qualities into their reverse.
"We can have no right to control Miss Bayard's choice," observed my discreet and high-principled mother.
So noble is the love of truth, and so potent is the high-principled pursuit and the fearless proclamation of the truth.
Just as it must be expected to fare, and does fare, when a high-principled gentlewoman falls from her pedestal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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