The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word POLICY , but the solution may also be ETHIC which is one of the most recent solution (2006 in CrossSynergy).
Governing principle crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| POLICY | 67 % | 6 |
| ETHIC | 33 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Governing principle
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fundamental principle
- principles
- governance
- basic principle
- moral principle
- first principle
- fundamental law
- governmentalism
- policy making
- principled
- reality principle
- policymaking
Crossword Answer definitions
POLICY noun- A principle of behaviour, conduct etc. thought to be desirable or necessary, especially as formally expressed by a government or other authoritative body.
- Wise or advantageous conduct; prudence, formerly also with connotations of craftiness.
- Specifically, political shrewdness or (formerly) cunning; statecraft.
- (now chiefly in the plural) The grounds of a large country house.
- The art of governance; political science.
- A state; a polity.
- A set political system; civil administration.
- A trick; a stratagem.
- Motive; object; inducement.
- To regulate by laws; to reduce to order.
- A contract of insurance.
- A document containing or certifying this contract.
- An illegal daily lottery in late nineteenth and early twentieth century USA on numbers drawn from a lottery wheel (no plural)
- A number pool lottery
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result POLICY
- Club rule
- Course of action
- Set of rules
- Expedient procedure
- Way of doing things
- Expedient course
- Art of government.
- Honesty, for instance.
- Governing principle.
- Honesty, for one.