Principle (5)

(Other definitions for plain that I've seen before include "Unembellished" , "not attractive" , "Treeless expanse" , "open country" , "Simple, unadorned" .)

(Other definitions for ideal that I've seen before include "Conceptual" , "Best possible" , "Optimum" , "fanciful" , "Ultimate standard of perfection" .)

(Other definitions for exact that I've seen before include "Force out" , "far from improvised?" , "dead" , "Meticulous" , "Faithful" .)

(Other definitions for close that I've seen before include "Shut - sultry" , "Imminent" , "block, > unventilated" , "Approaching - tight - finish" , "cathedral precinct" .)

(Other definitions for whole that I've seen before include "All the components" , "undamaged" , "Complete, containing all the parts" , "In entirety" , "Entire, undivided" .)

(Other definitions for pukka that I've seen before include "Bona fide" , "not mock" , "(In 5) the real McCoy" , "Genuine (Anglo-Indian)" , "Genuine, proper" .)

(Other definitions for tenet that I've seen before include "Teaching" , "A palindromic doctrine or belief" , "Article of faith; doctrine" , "Dogma or principle" , "Doctrine; principle held" .)

(Other definitions for licit that I've seen before include "Not forbidden, lawful" , "Permissible" , "Lawful, permitted" , "Within the law" , "Permitted by law" .)

(Other definitions for usual that I've seen before include "Typically done" , "Customary - customary drink" , "Standard" , "regarding customs?" , "Expected" .)

(Other definitions for maxim that I've seen before include "Brief expression of a general principle" , "Short pithy saying" , "Pithy statement of a general truth" , "Apophthegm" , "General rule" .)

(Other definitions for ethic that I've seen before include "type of behaviour" , "An unusual factor in morals" , "Set of moral principles" , "Code of principles" , "set of morals" .)

(Other definitions for dogma that I've seen before include "Doctrine accepted as true without proof" , "Set of beliefs" , "Doctrine laid down with authority" , "Inflexible principles" , "Laid-down doctrine" .)

(Other definitions for valid that I've seen before include "Legally acceptable and sound" , "Well-founded" , "Sound and to the point, also legal" , "Legally acceptable, unexpired" , "Reasonable" .)

(Other definitions for sound that I've seen before include "to do the plumbing?" , "stretch of water" , "Measure depth" , "well" , "Ocean inlet or deep bay" .)

(Other definitions for axiom that I've seen before include "Generally accepted proposition" , "that goes without saying" , "Self-evident principle" , "rule" , "Self-evident statement" .)