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Word entry · 6 letters

parole

Best crossword clue

"Conditional release"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /pəˈɹoʊl/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aeloprStarts with PEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Conditional release from prison under supervision.

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French parole (“word, formal promise”), from Old French parole, from Late Latin parabola (“speech”), from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parabola, parable, and palaver.

Used in a sentence

  • He will be on parole for nearly two more years.
  • He was released on parole.
  • A Minnesota woman who killed her 6-year-old son will now spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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