Parole

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj ·see 2d Parol.

II. Parole ·noun A word; an oral utterance.

III. Parole ·noun Oral declaration. ·see lst Parol, 2.

IV. Parole ·vt To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.

V. Parole ·noun A watchword given only to officers of guards;

— distinguished from countersign, which is given to all guards.

VI. Parole ·noun 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.

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