PAROLED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in released

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verb

past tense of parole

as in rescued

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Recent Examples of paroled

Verb

Despite a recent spate of violent offenders being paroled at relatively high rates under the Mattis decision, the overall parole rate has shrunk from 65% to 57% under Chair Angelo Gomez. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026 He was paroled in January 2010 and discharged from parole in July 2012. — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 Aug. 2025

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Adjective

In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.

— Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Well, the Thirteenth Amendment left the country with 4 million freed slaves, undefined.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

Definition of freed

Verb

Meghan personally called animal rights attorney Shannon Keith, who runs the Beagle Freedom Project, after hearing about 4,000 beagles being rescued from overcrowded and unsanitary conditions at the Envigo breeding and research plant in Virginia.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026
Twelve people were rescued, and divers later located the woman and the infant in the water, police said.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of rescued

Verb

What Andert argues in his video is that LINXS has effectively ransomed LAX to the tune of $880 million — so far — to complete the supposedly less than 3 percent that remains to be built on the project.

— Oren Peleg, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
After a nearby hospital is hacked and ransomed, the higher-ups decide to defend its system by shutting it down, which means business must be conducted in the old-fashioned, paper-and-clipboards way.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026

Definition of ransomed

Verb

In 1775, his first enslaver sold him to the commander of Framingham's Minute Men, who emancipated him, and Salem went on to fight at Lexington and Concord.

— Catherine Messier, The Providence Journal, 4 July 2026
The long shadow of the occupation Twenty-three years after George Bush and Tony Blair resolved that Iraqis were to be emancipated, the country remains captive to a masquerade of power.

— Nabil Salih, Time, 26 May 2026

Definition of emancipated

Verb

The contest also includes random drawings for Kodak disposable cameras and forest preserve district gift cards that can be redeemed for programs, permits, equipment rentals or merchandise, the release said.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Only in agriculture is the rule to produce as much as possible, this silliness to be redeemed if not by the market then by the government.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of redeemed

Verb

In the town of Megara, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Athens, rescue organizer Elena Dede said the local volunteer effort saved more than 280 animals, mostly dogs, during scorching heat and high winds.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
And more than a century later, those that were saved preserve tiny snapshots of those ordinary lives.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of saved

Verb

Two of the men were subsequently discharged, while the other two men were still in hospital though their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing, according to a later update from authorities.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
As the train caught fire, a northbound train arrived at the station and discharged its passengers.

— Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

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