discharge on parole
1parole — pa·role /pə rōl/ n [Old French, speech, word, prisoner s word of honor to fulfill stated conditions, from Late Latin parabola speech, parable, from Greek parabolē comparison]: a conditional release of a prisoner who has served part of a sentence… …
2discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …
3discharge — [n1] setting free acquittal, clearance, disimprisonment, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, remittance; concept 127 Ant. hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention discharge [n2] dismissal from responsibility ax …
4discharge — Synonyms and related words: AC arc, Poulsen arc, abide by, abrogate, absolution, absolve, accomplish, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accordance, achieve, achievement, acknowledgment, acquit, acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, adhere to,… …
5parole — In psychiatry, term for conditional release of a formally committed patient from a mental hospital prior to formal discharge, so that the patient may be returned to the hospital if necessary without fresh legal action. [Fr., fr. L. parabola,… …
6parole — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
7parole — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. pledge, promise; custody, release, freedom, probation. v. t. free, liberate, let go, release, put on probation. See liberation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. discharge, pardon, liberate; see free 1 ,… …
8conditional discharge — index parole Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
9unconditional discharge — n. 1 A release from a debt with no further obligations to fulfill. 2 A release from confinement without the requirement of spending time on parole. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000 …
10Mandatory sentencing — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and conviction …
