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Definitions
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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Conditional release”6 letters
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