parole
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a promise
he gave his word
Types & categories
- promise hypernym
Sense 2 verb
release a criminal from detention and place him on parole
The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison
Types & categories
- free hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group
he forgot the password
Types & categories
- arcanum hypernym
- positive identification hypernym
Sense 4 noun
(law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with
Types & categories
- liberation hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | promise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parole |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | parolee |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | free |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | arcanum |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | positive identification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | parole |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | liberation |