Thesaurus: parole

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1. n. A word; an word/oral">oral utterance.
2. n. Word of word/promise">promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like.
3. n. A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
4. n. Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
5. a. See 2d Parol.
6. v. t. To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
7. n. a promise
8. n. a word/secret">secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
9. n. (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
10. v. release a criminal from detention and place them on parole
11. 1. A word; an word/oral">oral utterance. [Obs.] 2. Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. This man had forfeited his military parole. Macaulay. 3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards. 4. (Law) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2. See 2d Parol. To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
12. A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguishedfrom countersign, which is given to all guards.