Parole vs Acceptability - What's the difference?
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The release or state of a former prisoner on the understanding that he/she checks in regularly and obeys the law.
The amount of time a former prisoner spends on limited release.
(archaic) A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.
* Macaulay
(linguistics) Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
(US, immigration law) The permission for foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
A watchword given only to officers of guards; distinguished from the countersign, which is given to all guards.
(legal) An oral declaration; see parol.
To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
As nouns the difference between parole and acceptability
is that parole is the release or state of a former prisoner on the understanding that he/she checks in regularly and obeys the law while acceptability is the quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.As a verb parole
is to release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.parole
English
(wikipedia parole)Noun
(en-noun)- He will be on parole for nearly two more years.
- He was released on parole .
- The defendant shall be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole .
- This man had forfeited his military parole .
Derived terms
* parole board * paroleeExternal links
*Verb
(parol)acceptability
English
Noun
- Acceptability of repentance. - Jeremy Taylor, about 1640
