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Note reciprocation about a point of principle (5)

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I believe the answer is:

tenet

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'principle' is the definition.
(a tenet is a principle or value)

'note reciprocation about a point' is the wordplay.
'note reciprocation' becomes 'tt' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'a point' becomes 'ENE' (ENE is an example).
'tt' enclosing 'ene' is 'TENET'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tenet that I've seen before include "A palindromic doctrine or belief" , "A belief or creed - a palindrome" , "Article of belief" , "Belief held as true" , "Palindromic principle or belief" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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