parole
1
[ puh-rohl ]
/ pəˈroʊl /
noun
verb (used with object), pa·roled, pa·rol·ing.
to place or release on parole.
to admit (an alien) into the U.S. under the parole provision: An increased number of Hungarian refugees were paroled into the United States.
adjective
of or relating to parole or parolees: a parole record.
Origin of parole
1
1610–20; < Middle French, short for
parole d'honneur word of honor. See
parol
OTHER WORDS FROM parole
pa·rol·a·ble, adjective un·pa·rol·a·ble, adjective un·pa·roled, adjectiveWords nearby parole
parody,
paroecious,
paroicous,
parokheth,
parol,
parole,
parolee,
paromphalocele,
paronomasia,
paronychia,
paronym
Definition for parole (2 of 2)
parole
2
[ pa-rawl ]
/ paˈrɔl /
noun French.
language as manifested in the actual utterances produced by speakers of a language (contrasted with langue).
Example sentences from the Web for parole
British Dictionary definitions for parole
parole
/ (pəˈrəʊl) /
noun
verb (tr)
to place (a person) on parole
Derived forms of parole
parolable, adjective parolee (pəˌrəʊˈliː), nounWord Origin for parole
C17: from Old French, from the phrase
parole d'honneur word of honour;
parole from Late Latin
parabola speech