parole

¹pa·role

noun \pə-ˈrōl\

Definition of PAROLE

1

: a promise made with or confirmed by a pledge of one's honor; especially : the promise of a prisoner of war to fulfill stated conditions in consideration of his release

2

: a watchword given only to officers of the guard and of the day

3

: a conditional release of a prisoner serving an indeterminate or unexpired sentence

4

a : language viewed as a specific individual usage : performance b : a linguistic act — compare langue

— parole adjective

Examples of PAROLE

1. The prisoner will be eligible for parole after three years.
2. She robbed a bank while out on parole.
3. The prisoner was released on parole.

Origin of PAROLE

French, speech, parole, from Middle French, from Late Latin parabola speech — more at parable

First Known Use: 1531

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with PAROLE

airhole, armhole, atoll, bankroll, beadroll, bedroll, black hole, blackpoll, blowhole, borehole, bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, chuckhole, condole, console, control, creole, Creole, dipole, drumroll, dry hole, Dutch roll, egg roll, enroll, ensoul, extol, eyehole, field goal, fishbowl, flagpole, foxhole, funk hole, hard coal, half sole, heart-whole, hellhole, Huichol, inscroll, insole, in whole, keyhole, kneehole, knothole, leaf roll, logroll, loophole, manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol, outsole, patrol, payroll, peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, redpoll, ridgepole, Sheol, shot hole, sinkhole, ski pole, slipsole, snap roll, sotol, sound hole, spring roll, tadpole, taphole, thumbhole, top-hole, touchhole, unroll, washbowl, weep hole, white hole, wormhole