Definitions
A court-ordered period of supervision instead of, or after, imprisonment.
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English probacioun, from Middle French probation, from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio (“a trying, inspection, examination”), from probare, past participle probatus (“to test, examine”); see probate, probe, prove.
Used in a sentence
“You'll be on probation for first six months. After that, if you work out, they'll hire you permanently.”
“He got two years probation for robbery.”
“Such assessment of others' organizational morality is a crucial aspect of a more general set of probations that are intrinsic to managerial work.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Court release”9 letters
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