parole
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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.
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adjective
7.
of or pertaining to parole or parolees: a parole record.
Related forms
pa·rol·a·ble, adjective
un·pa·rol·a·ble, adjective
un·pa·roled, adjective
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parole (pəˈrəʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the freeing of a prisoner before his sentence has expired, on the condition that he is of good behaviour |
| b. the duration of such conditional release | |
| 2. | a promise given by a prisoner, as to be of good behaviour if granted liberty or partial liberty |
| 3. | a variant spelling of parol |
| 4. | (US) military a password |
| 5. | linguistics langue performance Compare competence language as manifested in the individual speech acts of particular speakers |
| 6. | on parole |
| a. conditionally released from detention | |
| b. informal (of a person) under scrutiny, esp for a recurrence of an earlier shortcoming | |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to place (a person) on parole |
| [C17: from Old French, from the phrase parole d'honneur word of honour; parole from Late Latin parabola speech] | |
| pa'rolable | |
| —adj | |
| parolee | |
| —n | |
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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.
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Example sentences
While your friends may find this the height of wit, your employer and professors and parole officer almost certainly will not.
And with parole eligibility typically at the one third point, serious offenders barely get a slap on the wrist.
Sweet tooth or not, you want a jam roll, a k a parole.
The parole system is often attacked or defended on purely sentimental grounds.
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