Moral
Moral adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
Of principle and moral are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Of principle" instead an adjective "Moral".
Of principle
Moral and of principle are semantically related. You can use "Moral" instead an adjective phrase "Of principle".
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- Despite her less than stellar moral record, she was a champion of democracy for much of the series (despite her veering dangerously close to authoritarianism at times), so this gets her to tearfully confess and call off the fraud as a matter of principle.
Source: Being Good Sucks
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