PAROLED Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in released

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paroled

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verb

past tense of parole

as in rescued

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Recent Examples of paroled

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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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for paroled

Adjective

The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
In fact, the vast majority of freed people remained in the South.

— Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 16 June 2026

Definition of freed

Verb

Of those rescued, 114 are Indians, 27 are Chinese, and 20 are from South Korea, the US, Europe and the Gulf, according to a bulletin published by the Nepal Tourism Board.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
The Nepal Tourism Board said 261 foreign nationals have been rescued.

— Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rescued

Adjective

Instead, Curry connected with fans like me because, as a performer, the man seemed able to do anything, and do it with a kind of liberated abandon and eagerness to entertain.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
Chalk it up to the leftover hubris of late-20th-century American empire and the grand illusion of a liberated civilization thriving behind an impenetrable fortress.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of liberated

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

Winter was legally emancipated and declared an adult at age 17 in 2015.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of emancipated

Verb

Evidence on price caps Researchers found that after two years under the price limit, Oregon saved over $107 million and outpatient prices per procedure fell by 25%.

— Alex Olgin, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026
Overall, more than 250 million people globally received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, while COVID vaccinations as a whole are estimated to have saved at least 14 million lives in the first year of their rollout alone.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of saved

Verb

Grannell was discharged and went to the San Antonio area sometime later.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
Although the emergency room remains a safety net, my patient was reluctant to go, knowing he might be discharged with a bill if not deemed sick enough for admission.

— Benjamin I. Lee, STAT, 24 Aug. 2026

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