PAROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does parole mean? 

• PAROLE (noun)
  The noun PAROLE has 3 senses:

1. a promise

2. a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

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

  Familiarity information: PAROLE used as a noun is uncommon.

• PAROLE (verb)
  The verb PAROLE has 1 sense:

1. release a criminal from detention and place him on parole

  Familiarity information: PAROLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PAROLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A promise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

parole; word; word of honor

Context example:

he gave his word

Hypernyms ("parole" is a kind of...):

promise (a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

countersign; parole; password; watchword; word

Context example:

he forgot the password

Hypernyms ("parole" is a kind of...):

arcanum; secret (information known only to a special group)

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)

Sense 3

Meaning:

(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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("parole" is a kind of...):

freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole)

• PAROLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they parole    ... he / she / it paroles   
Past simple: paroled   
Past participle: paroled   
-ing form: paroling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Release a criminal from detention and place him on parole

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison

Hypernyms (to "parole" is one way to...):

free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen (grant freedom to; free from confinement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

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)

parolee (someone released on probation or on parole)