Synonyms for parole
pəˈroʊlpa·role

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1. parole, word, word of honornoun

   a promise

   "he gave his word"

   Synonyms:
   news, password, intelligence, word, discussion, give-and-take, countersign, tidings, watchword, word of honor

2. password, watchword, word, parole, countersignnoun

   a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group

   "he forgot the password"

   Synonyms:
   news, rallying cry, cry, war cry, battle cry, password, give-and-take, intelligence, word, discussion, countersignature, countersign, tidings, watchword, word of honor

3. paroleverb

   (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with

   Synonyms:
   password, countersign, word of honor, word, watchword

4. paroleverb

   release a criminal from detention and place him on parole

   "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"

Matched Categories

1. • Positive Identification
   • Promise
   • Release
   • Secret

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1. paroleadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) oral, verbal, by word of mouth

2. parolenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) word of mouth, oral declaration

3. parolenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) word of honor, word of promise, plighted faith

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1. List of paraphrases for "parole":

   probation, conditional, bail

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How to use parole in a sentence?

1. Ed Day:

   Former Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Parole Board should be ashamed for allowing this domestic terrorist to walk free on our streets, there’s no reason that David Gilbert should not have to face the full consequences of his heinous crimes, no matter how much time has passed.

2. Chris Gautz:

   He did not want to be on parole, he wanted to wait and just walk out completely free from supervision in September.

3. Sean Morales-Doyle:

   People on parole live and work in our cities and towns, and by automatically restoring their right to vote, New York is finally welcoming them as full participants in society. That's a crucial change, one that will ameliorate one of the vestiges of Jim Crow, due to the racial disparities in New York's criminal justice system, nearly three-quarters of those disenfranchised by the ban on voting for people on parole were Black or Latino.

4. Wanda Bertram:

   We need pretrial detention reform, parole reform, and free healthcare so that people having drug crises and mental health crises can stay out of jail. We need these things all across the country, not just for some people, but for everyone.

5. Samuel Alito:

   The Government must either :( 1) detain them,( 2) return them to a contiguous foreign nation, or( 3) parole them into the United States on an individualized, case-by-case basis, these options operate in a hydraulic relationship : When it is not possible for the Government to comply with the statutory mandate to detain inadmissible aliens pending further proceedings, it must resort to one or both of the other two options in order to comply with the detention requirement to the greatest extent possible.