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pa·role

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–noun

Penology.

a.	the conditional release of a person from prison prior to the end of the maximum sentence imposed.

b.	such release or its duration.

c.	an official document authorizing such a release.

Military.

a.	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.

b.	(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.

–verb (used with object)

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.

–adjective

7.	of or pertaining to parole or parolees: a parole record.

[Origin: 1610–20; < MF, short for parole d'honneur word of honor. See parol

]

—Related forms

pa·rol·a·ble, adjective

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pa·role

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–noun French.

language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue).

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n.

Law
1. The release of a prisoner whose term has not expired on condition of sustained lawful behavior that is subject to regular monitoring by an officer of the law for a set period of time.
2. The duration of such conditional release.
A password used by an officer of the day, an officer on guard, or the personnel commanded by such an officer.
Word of honor, especially that of a prisoner of war who is granted freedom only after promising not to engage in combat until formally exchanged.
Linguistics The act of speaking; a particular utterance or word.

tr.v. pa·roled, pa·rol·ing, pa·roles
To release (a prisoner) on parole.

[French, promise, word, from Vulgar Latin *paraula, from Latin parabola, discourse; see parable.]

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parole

1616, "word of honor," especially "promise by a prisoner of war not to escape," from Fr. parole "word, speech" (in parole d'honneur "word of honor") from Gallo-Romance *paraula "speech, discourse," from L. parabola (see parable). Sense of "conditional release of a prisoner before full term" is first attested 1908 in criminal slang. The verb (1716) originally was what the prisoner did ("pledge"); its transitive meaning "put on parole" is first attested 1853.

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parole
noun
1.	a promise; "he gave his word"
2.	a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password]
3.	(law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
verb
1.	release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

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Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)

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Parole

Pa*rol"\, n. [See Parole, the same word.]

1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]

2. (Law) Oral declaration; word of mouth; also, a writing not under seal. --Blackstone.

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Parole

Pa*role"\, n. [F. parole. See Parley, and cf. Parol.]

1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]

2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.

This man had forfeited his military parole. --Macaulay.

3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.

4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.

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Parole

Pa*role"\, a. See 2d Parol.

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