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Noun parole has 3 senses

parole, word, word of honor - a promise; "he gave his word"
--₁ is a kind of promise
password, watchword, word, parole, countersign - a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"
--₂ is a kind of positive identification; secret, arcanum
parole - (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
--₃ is a kind of liberation, release, freeing

Derived form: verb parole₁

Verb parole has 1 sense

parole - release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
--₁ is one way to free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose

Derived forms: noun parole₃, noun parolee₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody