Usually means: Conditional release before sentence completion.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. parole: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. parole: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. parole: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. parole: Collins English Dictionary
  5. parole: Vocabulary.com
  6. Parole, parole: Wordnik
  7. parole: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. parole: Wiktionary
  9. parole: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. parole: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. parole: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. parole: Dictionary.com
  13. parole: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. parole: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Parole (United States immigration), Parole (disambiguation), Parole (film), Parole, Parole: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Parole: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. parole: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. parole: Rhymezone
  19. Parole, parole (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. parole: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. parole: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. Parole: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. parole: Free Dictionary
  24. parole: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. parole: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. parole: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. parole: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Parole (law), parole: Legal dictionary
  9. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Parole (law), parole: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Parole (law), parole: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. parole: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. parole: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. parole: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See paroled as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (with on) Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour.
noun:  Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases.
noun:  (now historical) A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.
noun:  (now rare) A watchword or code phrase; (military) a password given only to officers, distinguished from the countersign, which is given to all guards.
noun:  (linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
noun:  (US, immigration law) The permission for a foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
verb:  (transitive, law) To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.
verb:  (intransitive) To be released on parole.
noun:  (law) Alternative form of parol [A word; an oral utterance.]

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