Order and Principle

Order

Order noun - The way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another.

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Principle and order are semantically related In some cases you can use "Principle" instead a noun "Order".

Nearby Words: ordered, orderly, ordering, orderliness

Principle noun - A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct.

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Order and principle are semantically related in law topic. Sometimes you can use "Order" instead a noun "Principle".

Nearby Words: principal, principled, principally, principe

old	old order	old principle
good	good order	good principle
high	high order	high principle
particular	particular order	particular principle
Other adjectives: similar, established, original, single, divine, simple, entire, real, strict, general, highest, different, opposite, higher.

These would work on similar principle to a restraining order, forbidding the man from going to their workplaces, homes, etc.

Source: Hollywood Restraining Order
When Niles and Frasier both order cheap meals to be nice, he refuses to pay, at which point Frasier refuses on a similar principle and Niles realizes that he left his wallet in their taxi.

Source: Insists on Paying
In Judaism, the principle of pikuach nefesh states that almost any religious consideration or law may be broken in order to save a specific human life from an immediate danger.

Source: Godzilla Threshold

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