"abandon principles" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to express giving up on a set of values or beliefs. For example, "He had to abandon his principles when his business was struggling financially."
And when the Americans did finally abandon principles and resort to bullying, they seemed hypocritical.
This willingness to abandon principles in the blind desire to produce results is becoming a theme of the Bush presidency.
It is better to resist bad policy bravely and lose than to abandon principles and join the winning opposition.
"They're very angry that Fleetwood could abandon principles that it has had for so many years," said Jim Portus of the South-western organisation.
For all the biennial meeting with the US shouldn't be a random demand to players, it would be nonsensical for the European Tour to abandon principles of membership entirely.
But rather than using a tragedy as an excuse to abandon principles that have served the United States well – from as far back as the 1770 trial of the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre – it is better to see it as an opportunity to reinforce what America purports to stand for: the rule of law.
She is given to abrupt changes of direction, suggesting a readiness to abandon principle for political gain.
Like anyone else, I can only try to resist future temptations to abandon principle for expediency, and hope that in the end my character is judged from the totality of my life, and not by its flaws alone".
Like anyone else, I can only try to resist future temptations to abandon principle for expediency, and hope that in the end, my character is judged from the totality of my life, and not by its flaws alone.
A President Hillary->, having proven that money, not principle, is the way to win election will further convince downticket Dems they, too, must abandon principle for money.
For some, it had been caught out acting far beyond enlightened self-interest and, unpredictably, abandoning principles.
