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pa⋅role

  [puh-rohl] noun, verb, -roled, -rol⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. 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.
2. 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

  [pa-rawl]
–noun French.
language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue ).
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pa·role   (pə-rōl')   
n.  

  1. Law

    1. Early release of a prisoner who is then subject to continued monitoring as well as compliance with certain terms and conditions for a specified period.

    2. The duration of such conditional release.

  2. A password used by an officer of the day, an officer on guard, or the personnel commanded by such an officer.

  3. 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.

  4. 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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: pa·role
Pronunciation: p&-'rOl
Function: noun
Etymology: Old French, speech, word, prisoner's word of honor to fulfill stated conditions, from Late Latin parabola speech, parable, from Greek parabolE comparison
: a conditional release of a prisoner who has served part of a sentence and who remains under the control of and in the legal custody of a parole authority —compare PROBATION
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pa·role
Pronunciation: p&-'rOl
Function: noun
: a conditional release given to a psychiatric patient in a hospital before dischargeenabling the patient to visit freely various designated areas on the hospital grounds or beyond its limits —pa·rol·able adjective —parole transitive verb pa·roled; pa·rol·ing
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