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Definitions for Parole
[1] Penology . the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed. such release or its duration. an official document authorizing such a release.
[2] Military . the promise, usually written, of a prisoner of war, that if released he or she either will return to custody at a specified time or will not again take up arms against his or her captors. (formerly) any password given by authorized personnel in passing by a guard.
[3] word of honor given or pledged.
[4] (in U.S. immigration laws) the temporary admission of aliens into the U.S. for emergency reasons or on grounds considered in the public interest, as authorized by and at the discretion of the attorney general.
[5] to place or release on parole.
[6] to admit (an alien) into the U.S. under the parole provision: An increased number of Hungarian refugees were paroled into the United States.
[7] of or relating to parole or parolees: a parole record.
[8] language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue).
[9] the freeing of a prisoner before his sentence has expired, on the condition that he is of good behaviour the duration of such conditional release
[10] a promise given by a prisoner, as to be of good behaviour if granted liberty or partial liberty
[11] a variant spelling of parol
[12] US military a password
[13] linguistics language as manifested in the individual speech acts of particular speakers Compare langue, performance (def. 7), competence (def. 5)
[14] on parole conditionally released from detention informal (of a person) under scrutiny, esp for a recurrence of an earlier shortcoming
[15] to place (a person) on parole
Words related to Parole
liberate, pardon, release, free
Words nearby Parole
parody, paroecious, paroicous, parokheth, parol, parole, parolee, paromphalocele, paronomasia, paronychia, paronym
Origin of Parole
11610–20; < Middle French, short for parole d'honneur word of honor. See parol
Other words from Parole
pa·rol·a·ble , adjective
un·pa·rol·a·ble , adjective
un·pa·roled , adjective
Word origin for Parole
C17: from Old French, from the phrase parole d'honneur word of honour; parole from Late Latin parabola speech