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Parole   /pərˈoʊl/   Listen
noun
Parole  n.  
1.
A word; an oral utterance. (Obs.)
2.
Word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially (Mil.), Promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's captors, to return to custody, or the like. "This man had forfeited his military parole."
3.
(Mil.) A watchword given only to officers of guards; distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.
4.
(Law) Oral declaration. See 1st Parol, 2.
5.
The release of a prisoner from confinement prior to the end of the original sentence, conditioned on good behavior and often with other specific conditions, such as not to associate with known criminals. Such early release is common where the sentence provides a minimum and maximum term; as, he was released on parole after three years of his five-year sentence; he is out on parole.
6.
A document authorizing a parole (5).


verb
Parole  v. t.  (past & past part. paroled; pres. part. paroling)  (Mil. and Penology) To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.


adjective
Parole  adj.  See 2d Parol.





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"Parole" Quotes from Famous Books



... knew he was there to prove himself. His mistakes, or his bad luck, of the past must be remedied before he could return to his superiors with a clean sheet. His hands were free, he knew. But in that freedom he was more surely a prisoner on parole than any man on his given word. He was pitting himself like the gambler against the final throw. It was all, or—ruin. To leave the valley with the work undone, with another mistake to his credit, and his present career ...
— The Law-Breakers • Ridgwell Cullum
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... plaisir to serve Mam'selle Alide. Je porte de fan, de book, mais quant an vin, Monsieur le Capitaine, parole d'honneur, c'est toujours impossible apres ...
— The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas • James Fenimore Cooper
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... Kenilworth Castle during the King's pleasure. Maude was sentenced to share her mistress's durance; and Bertram's penalty was even easier, for he was allowed free passage within the walls, as a prisoner on parole. ...
— The White Rose of Langley - A Story of the Olden Time • Emily Sarah Holt
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... is much pithier, but I cannot find equivalents for the alliteration. He said, "Porvi le pietre e porvi le parole non e il medesimo."—Pigna, p. 119. According to his son, however, his remark was, that "palaces could be made in poems without money." He probably expressed the same thing in ...
— Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2 • Leigh Hunt
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... participation in mental, moral, and religious class exercises, are all designed to stimulate manhood and to work a complete reformation of character. The third element is conditional liberation, or the dismissal of the prisoner on parole. According to this method, the prisoner is freed on probation, if his record has been good, before his full term has expired, and is under obligation to report to the probation officer at stated intervals until his ...
— Society - Its Origin and Development • Henry Kalloch Rowe
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