parole

pa·role  (p-rl)

n.

1. Law

a. 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.

b. 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.

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

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parole

Noun

1. the freeing of a prisoner before his or her sentence has run out, on condition that he or she behaves well

2. a promise given by a prisoner to behave well if granted liberty or partial liberty

3. on parole conditionally released from prison

Verb

[-roling, -roled]

to place (a person) on parole [Old French parole d'honneur word of honour]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	parole - a promise; "he gave his word"         word of honor, word promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future
	2.	parole - a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" countersign, password, watchword, word arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking" positive identification - evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people"
	3.	parole - (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 freeing, liberation, release - the act of liberating someone or something law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Verb	1.	parole - release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" free, loose, unloose, unloosen, release, liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement

Translations

parole [pəˈrəul] n on parole → en libertad condicional

parole [pəˈrəul] n on parole → en liberté conditionnelle

parole [pəˈrəul] n (Law) → Bewährung f;

on parole → auf Bewährung

parole [pəˈrəul] n on parole → in libertà per buona condotta