Probation
[prə'beɪʃ(ə)n] or [pro'beʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; 'probation is part of the sentencing process'.
(noun.) a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself.
(noun.) a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership.
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Definition
(n.) The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.
(n.) Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to engage a person on probation.
(n.) The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.
(n.) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.
(n.) Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Novitiate.[2]. Moral trial.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Essay, examination, test, trial, experiment, proof, criterion, touchstone,ordeal, verification
ANT:License,[See DIMINISH_and_SMALL], nonprobation
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Definition
n. act of proving: any proceeding to elicit truth &c.: trial: time of trial: moral trial: noviciate.—adjs. Probā′tional Probā′tionary relating to probation or trial.—n. Probā′tioner one who is on probation or trial: (Scot.) one licensed to preach but not ordained to a pastorate.—adjs. Prō′bative Prō′batory serving for proof or trial: relating to proof.—n. Probā′tor an examiner.—The doctrine of future probation the doctrine that the gospel will be preached in another life to the unregenerate dead or to those who never heard it in life.
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Examples
- The system thus entered on, I pursued during the whole season of probation; and with the best success. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The influence of the two hours' probation upon my temperament was simply this. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Men pass through such superhuman loves and outlive them: they are the probation subduing the heart to human joys. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- There ought, my dear, were it only to prove that this life is a mere state of probation, wherein neither rest nor recompense is to be vouchsafed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She knew the hour of her probation had come, and her poor heart beat wildly against its destiny. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- My dear cousin, can you be satisfied with such a way of spending your probation? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- You should have these men on probation and subject to passing an examination by me. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was the end of his probation and the beginning of his power. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After all, it may be only a kind of probation till our suit is--I forgot though. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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