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| pa·role [ pə rṓl ] |
noun (plural pa·roles) |
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1. conditional release of prisoner: the early release of a prisoner, conditioned on good behavior and regular reporting to the authorities for a set period of time
  He's out on parole.
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2. prisoner's promise: the promise to fulfill set conditions, given by a prisoner released on parole
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3. conditional period: the period of time during which a released prisoner remains on parole
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4. U.S. prisoner of war's promise: a promise, given by a prisoner of war as a condition of release, either not to escape or not to take up arms again
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5. linguistics real-world language: language considered as the utterances of real people, as distinct from the system of language langue that governs how those utterances are constructed.
See also competence (sense 3) performance (sense 6)
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transitive verb (past and past participle pa·roled, present participle pa·rol·ing, 3rd person present singular pa·roles) |
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give prisoner parole: to release a prisoner on parole
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| [15th century. Via French< Latin parabola "speech, talk" (see parable)] |
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| pa·rol·a·ble adjective |
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