Thesaurus results for RECOGNIZANCE

recognizance

noun

as in bail

law a legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished After his arraignment, the suspect was released on his own recognizance.

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Recent Examples of recognizance However, Bunn was released on his own recognizance on May 22. —

Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 13 June 2026 He was released on a personal recognizance bond. —

ABC News, 12 June 2026 The defense attorney, who was asking a judge to release her client on her own recognizance, said Lawhead-Steele spent about four weeks in jail custody, forced to sleep on a makeshift bed on the floor because the jail cell was too crowded in South Carolina. —

Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026 The officer is on paid administrative leave and remains out of custody on his own recognizance. —

Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for recognizance

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bail

Noun

At their Manhattan Supreme Criminal Court arraignments, Vern Joly was ordered held without bail while his father was ordered held on $250,000 bond.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 June 2026
Reardon denied a prosecution motion to set bail at $600,000, which could have kept Durisseau behind bars for longer.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 20 June 2026