Definition of "high-principled" [high•-prin•ci•pled]

• Possessed of noble or honorable principles. (adjective)

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• ""So people are a little more willing to be high-principled democrats, even if it might cost them a seat or two.""
• "Hurrah for Rupert Murdoch and his high-principled publishing house!"
• "'Ah, noble Edgar! just, high-principled, and firm!' half pronounced"