Parole
[pə'rəʊl] or [pə'rol]
Definition
(noun.) (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.
(noun.) a promise; 'he gave his word'.
(verb.) release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; 'The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison'.
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Definition
(n.) A word; an oral utterance.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; -- distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
(n.) Oral declaration. See lst Parol, 2.
(a.) See 2d Parol.
(v. t.) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. (Law.) Oral, verbal, by word of mouth.
n. [1]. (Law.) Word of mouth, oral declaration.[2]. (Mil.) Word of honor, word of promise, plighted faith.
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Definition
n. word of mouth: (mil.) word of honour (esp. by a prisoner of war to fulfil certain conditions): the daily password in a camp or garrison.—adj. given by word of mouth: oral—opp. to Documentary as parole evidence.
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Examples
- Look, Madame Crawley, you were always bon enfant, and I have an interest in you, parole d'honneur. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- And at last he liberated me on parole. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Bagnet, says the trooper, I am on my parole with you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After a time he was permitted to go on parole to the city of Siena, which was at least nearer his home outside Florence. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I assumed command of the whole and the first night sent the commander of the other regiment the parole and countersign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The only terms allowed is their parole as prisoners of war. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The prisoners were paroled, the artillery parked and the small arms and ammunition destroyed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Hovey captured 300 under fire and about 700 in all, exclusive of 500 sick and wounded whom he paroled, thus making 1,200. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The day before the departure the following order was issued: Paroled prisoners will be sent out of here to-morrow. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He paroled his prisoners at Jackson, and was forced to leave his own wounded in care of surgeons and attendants. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pemberton and his army were kept in Vicksburg until the whole could be paroled. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The guerillas paroled their prisoners and moved upon Donelson, but the officer in command at that point marched out to meet them and drove them away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At Aiken's they would have had to be paroled, because the Confederates did not have Union prisoners to give in exchange. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The prisoners were paroled and permitted to take their horses and personal property with them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It also leaked out that many of the men who had signed their paroles, intended to desert and go to their homes as soon as they got out of our lines. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- By the eleventh, just one week after the surrender, the paroles were completed and the Confederate garrison marched out. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Several hundred refused to sign their paroles, preferring to be sent to the North as prisoners to being sent back to fight again. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Pemberton appealed to me in person to compel these men to sign their paroles, but I declined. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The paroles for these latter must be signed, however, whilst officers present are authorized to sign the roll of prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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