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Complete Definition of "precept"

English
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Noun
en-noun

  1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

#* 2006, w:Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)|Theodore Dalrymple The Gift of Language
#** I need hardly point out that Pinker doesn’t really believe anything of what he writes, at least if example is stronger evidence of belief than precept.

Translations
trans-top|rule or principle governing personal conduct
Dutch: t+|nl|regel|m, t|nl|gedragsregel|m, t+|nl|principe
Finnish: sääntö, ohje, ohjenuora
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trans-bottom

io:precept
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zh:precept

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