Other Definitions
parole (enc)
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Parole| Noun | 1. | parole - a promise; "he gave his word"promise - a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future | | | 2. | parole - a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"arcanum, secret - information known only to a special group; "the secret of Cajun cooking" positive identification - evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance; "a system for positive identification can prevent the use of a single identity by several people" | | | 3. | parole - (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied withjurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | | | Verb | 1. | parole - release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison" | |
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