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Golden rule
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Noun
- 1 A fundamental rule or principle. idiomatic
"It is all-important to remember that naturalists have no golden rule by which to distinguish species and varieties; […]"
- 2 a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount wordnet
- 3 The principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.
""Mr. Francis seems to understand the fundamental principle of all moral accounting, the great ethic rule of three. Let A do to B, as he would have B do to him; the product will give the rule of conduct required." My father smiled at this reduction of the golden rule to arithmetical form."
- 4 any important rule wordnet
- 5 A method of statutory interpretation, whereby a judge will deviate from a literal interpretation of the law to the extent necessary to circumvent obvious absurdities or (sometimes) conclusions repugnant to public policy. England, Wales, idiomatic
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