Principle
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3 letters

LAW
The branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

ENE
The compass point midway between northeast and east

4 letters

SAKE
A reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"

PAR

LINE
The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"

NORM
A statistic describing the location of a distribution; "it set the norm for American homes"

RULE
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

TEST
Achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"

FORM
A printed document with spaces in which to write; "he filled out his tax form"

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

5 letters

BASIC
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

TRUTH
The quality of being near to the true value; "he was beginning to doubt the accuracy of his compass"; "the lawyer questioned the truth of my account"

ADAGE
A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

RULES

MAXIM
A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

CANON
A complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church

TENET
A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

IDEAL
The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

ETHIC
The principles of right and wrong that are accepted by an individual or a social group; "the Puritan ethic"; "a person with old-fashioned values"

AXIOM
(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

DOGMA
A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof

HONOR
The state of being honored

USAGE
The act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"

6 letters

SAYING
A word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; "pardon the expression"

RECIPE
Directions for making something

7 letters

PRECEPT
Rule of personal conduct

8 letters

STANDARD
The ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community"

APHORISM
A short pithy instructive saying

ATTITUDE
A theatrical pose created for effect; "the actor struck just the right attitude"

9 letters

RATIONALE
(law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"