pro·ba·tion (pr -b  sh n)n. 1. A process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested. 2. a. Law The act of suspending the sentence of a person convicted of a criminal offense and granting that person provisional freedom on the promise of good behavior. b. A discharge for a person from commitment as an insane person on condition of continued sanity and of being recommitted upon the reappearance of insanity. 3. A trial period in which a student is given time to try to redeem failing grades or bad conduct. 4. The status of a person on probation. [Middle English probacion, a testing, from Old French probation, from Latin prob ti, probtin-, from probtus, past participle of probre, to test; see prove.]pro·ba tion·al adj.pro·ba tion·al·ly adv.pro·ba tion·ar y adj. |
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