parole
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
parole
n 1: a promise; "he gave his word" [syn: {parole}, {word}, {word
of honor}]
2: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he
forgot the password" [syn: {password}, {watchword}, {word},
{parole}, {countersign}]
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
v 1: release a criminal from detention and place him on parole;
"The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Parole \Pa*role"\, n. [F. parole. See {Parley}, and cf.
{Parol}.]
1. A word; an oral utterance. [Obs.]
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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.
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This man had forfeited his military parole.
--Macaulay.
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3. (Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; --
distinguished from {countersign}, which is given to all
guards.
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4. (Law) Oral declaration. See 1st {Parol}, 2.
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5. The release of a prisoner from confinement prior to the
end of the original sentence, conditioned on good behavior
and often with other specific conditions, such as not to
associate with known criminals. Such early release is
common where the sentence provides a minimum and maximum
term; as, he was released on parole after three years of
his five-year sentence; he is out on parole.
[PJC]
6. A document authorizing a parole[5].
[PJC]
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Parole, MD (CDP, FIPS 60325)
Location: 38.98415 N, 76.55308 W
Population (1990): 10054 (4534 housing units)
Area: 26.7 sq km (land), 4.4 sq km (water)
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Parole, MD -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Maryland
Population (2000): 14031
Housing Units (2000): 6946
Land area (2000): 10.283928 sq. miles (26.635251 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.568272 sq. miles (4.061805 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.852200 sq. miles (30.697056 sq. km)
FIPS code: 60325
Located within: Maryland (MD), FIPS 24
Location: 38.991657 N, 76.548450 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Parole, MD
Parole
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
PAROLE, international law. The agreement of persons who have been taken by
an enemy that they will not again take up arms against those who captured
them, either for a limited time, or during the continuance of the war.
Vattel, liv. 3, c. 8, Sec. 151.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
98 Moby Thesaurus words for "parole":
accents, assurance, avouch, avouchment, cast loose, chatter,
comment, conversation, demobilization, demobilize, dialect,
discharge, discourse, dismiss, dismissal, elocution, faith, gab,
go bail for, grant bail to, guarantee, idiom, language, langue,
let go, let go free, let loose, let off, let out, lingo, lingua,
linguistic act, locution, oath, oral communication, palaver,
parlance, parol, personal usage, phonation, phraseology, pledge,
plight, prattle, promise, put on parole, rapping, release,
sequence of phonemes, solemn declaration, speaking, speech,
speech act, string, talk, talking, the spoken word, tongue, troth,
unbinding, unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, uncaging, unchaining,
unfettering, ungagging, unhand, unhanding, unharnessing,
unhobbling, unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unlocking,
unloosing, unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unshackling,
unstrapping, untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking, usage,
utterance, utterance string, vocable, voice, vow, warranty, word,
word of honor, word of mouth, words, yakkety-yak, yakking
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