[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

parole \parole"\, n. f. parole. see parley, and cf.
   parol.
   1. a word; an oral utterance. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. word of promise; word of honor; plighted faith; especially
      mil., promise, upon one's faith and honor, to fulfill
      stated conditions, as not to bear arms against one's
      captors, to return to custody, or the like.
      1913 webster

            this man had forfeited his military parole.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. mil. a watchword given only to officers of guards; --
      distinguished from countersign, which is given to all
      guards.
      1913 webster

   4. law oral declaration. see 1st parol, 2.
      1913 webster

   5. the release of a prisoner from confinement prior to the
      end of the original sentence, conditioned on good behavior
      and often with other specific conditions, such as not to
      associate with known criminals. such early release is
      common where the sentence provides a minimum and maximum
      term; as, he was released on parole after three years of
      his five-year sentence; he is out on parole.
      pjc

   6. a document authorizing a parole5.
      pjc
see also:
parley parol countersign 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

parole \parole"\, a.
   see 2d parol.
   1913 webster
see also:
parol 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

parole \parole"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. paroled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. paroling. mil. and penology
   to set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
   1913 webster
see also:
paroled paroling 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

parole
     n 1: a promise; "he gave his word" syn: word, word of honor
     2: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group;
        "he forgot the password" syn: password, watchword, word,
         countersign
     3: law a conditional release from imprisonment that entitiles
        the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside
        the prison as long as the terms of release are complied
        with
     v : release a criminal from detention and place him on parole;
         "the prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in
         prison"
see also:
word word of honor password watchword countersign 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

98 moby thesaurus words for "parole":
   accents, assurance, avouch, avouchment, cast loose, chatter,
   comment, conversation, demobilization, demobilize, dialect,
   discharge, discourse, dismiss, dismissal, elocution, faith, gab,
   go bail for, grant bail to, guarantee, idiom, language, langue,
   let go, let go free, let loose, let off, let out, lingo, lingua,
   linguistic act, locution, oath, oral communication, palaver,
   parlance, parol, personal usage, phonation, phraseology, pledge,
   plight, prattle, promise, put on parole, rapping, release,
   sequence of phonemes, solemn declaration, speaking, speech,
   speech act, string, talk, talking, the spoken word, tongue, troth,
   unbinding, unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, uncaging, unchaining,
   unfettering, ungagging, unhand, unhanding, unharnessing,
   unhobbling, unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unlocking,
   unloosing, unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unshackling,
   unstrapping, untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking, usage,
   utterance, utterance string, vocable, voice, vow, warranty, word,
   word of honor, word of mouth, words, yakkety-yak, yakking

[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

parole, international law. the agreement of persons who have been taken by 
an enemy that they will not again take up arms against those who captured 
them, either for a limited time, or during the continuance of the war. 
vattel, liv. 3, c. 8, sec. 151. 

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

parole, md cdp, fips 60325
  location: 38.98415 n, 76.55308 w
  population 1990: 10054 4534 housing units
  area: 26.7 sq km land, 4.4 sq km water

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

parole, md -- u.s. census designated place in maryland
   population 2000:    14031
   housing units 2000: 6946
   land area 2000:     10.283928 sq. miles 26.635251 sq. km
   water area 2000:    1.568272 sq. miles 4.061805 sq. km
   total area 2000:    11.852200 sq. miles 30.697056 sq. km
   fips code:            60325
   located within:       maryland md, fips 24
   location:             38.991657 n, 76.548450 w
   zip codes 1990:    
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    parole, md
    parole

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National Parole Board / Commission nationale des libérations conditionnelles
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http://www.npb-cnlc.gc.ca/, score=100, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 10:58 am

parole!
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http://parole.aporee.org/, score=99, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 11:12 pm

VIRGILIO Parole
...Da uno a molti, da lui a lei. Parole straniere. Termini di uso comune ... Parole .  .  . Vocabolario italiano.  . Correttore ortografico.  . ... ..
http://parole.virgilio.it/parole/, score=99, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 8:50 pm

USDOJ: USPC: United States Parole Commission Homepage
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http://www.usdoj.gov/uspc/, score=98, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:46 am

...2005 the Parole Board is moving to a new address at:. Grenadier House ... ..
http://www.paroleboard.gov.uk/, score=97, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 2:37 am

LPL : Accueil
...Rachid RIDOUANE (Laboratoire Parole et Langage). Prochains séminaires ... Bernard TESTON (Laboratoire Parole et Langage). 20/1/2006 - Interface ... ..
http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/, score=97, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:36 am

PAROLE CON
...Parole con Es ¡tu revista!  . Parole con: poesia, prosa e parole, una ... Parole con è una rivista letteraria in formato elettronico. Parole con ... ..
http://www.parolecon.com/, score=95, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 6:46 am

Leonard Peltier - No Parole Peltier Association (NPPA)
...... was held and parole was denied. Peltier waived his 2004 parole hearing ... The purpose of the parole review is to determine whether there are any ... ..
http://www.noparolepeltier.com/, score=95, date indexed=January 20, 2006, 9:17 am

New Jersey State Parole Board - Home Page
...... Parole Board. ... Dowling,. Executive Director.  . Thomas James,. Director of Parole.   ... ..
http://www.state.nj.us/parole/, score=95, date indexed=December 29, 2005, 6:35 pm

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