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parole

parole

416 6.7
Release from prison before the sentence ends if someone follows the rules
  • noun
  • /pəˈroʊl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : libertad condicional
  • Are you on parole?
  • a parole officer
  • a parole board
  • parole from prison

You face a natural life imprisonment without possible parole, OK?

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Examples

  • After serving three years, he was granted parole and returned to his family under specific conditions.

  • Peggy's father was at one time placed on parole by the new Rebel authorities.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And he was up for parole like within within the year.

  • The the parole system, it's not designed to put you back in prison.

  • Made parole about two weeks ago.

  • The terms of your parole?

  • He knew that I had my parole hearing today.

  • He's been up for parole twice, denied both times.

  • Pauline was released two weeks later, but remained in New Zealand on parole until 1965.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • "I've got to be in Quincy at eleven to see my parole officer."

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

ticket-of-leave
vsparole
  • Archaic
1 9.9

A permit that lets a prisoner live and work outside prison under rules

is the modern legal practice of conditional release under current supervision

Antonyms

155 3.9

A situation in which someone is kept and not allowed to leave, often by police until a decision is made

incarceration
  • Formal
85 8.0

Being kept in prison as punishment

How Free

liberation
127 3.9
pardon
  • Formal
252 4.2
release
279 1.8
parole
  • Specialized
416 6.7
detention
155 3.9

Surface Forms

parole singular
paroles plural

Etymology

Parole comes from the French word parole meaning 'word' or 'promise', because long ago a prisoner could be freed on their 'word' to behave. So a parole is a release that depends on following certain rules.