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Parole vs Parle - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between parole and parle

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 parle is parley.

As verbs the difference between parole and parle

is that parole is to release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law while parle is to talk; to converse; to parley.

parole

English

(wikipedia parole)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The release or state of a former prisoner on the understanding that he/she checks in regularly and obeys the law.
    • 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 .
  • 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
    • This man had forfeited his military parole .
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * parole board * parolee

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    Verb

    (parol)
  • To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.

    • parle

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Parley.
  • (obsolete) A nasty encounter.

    • Quotations

    * ''"So frowned he once, when in an angry parle * He smote the angry Polacks on the ice – Horatio, in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 1, l 61–62.

    Verb

  • To talk; to converse; to parley.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Milton
    • Finding himself too weak, began to parle .

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