Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested.
- noun A criminal sentence consisting of a term of imprisonment that is suspended provided certain terms and conditions are met.
- noun The status of serving such a criminal sentence.
- noun Release of a person from commitment for insanity, subject to reversal in the event of a relapse into insanity.
- noun A trial period in which a student is given time to try to redeem failing grades or bad conduct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of proving; proof.
- noun Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, character, qualifications, or the like; trial; examination.
- noun Specifically — Eccles., the trial of a candidate for church membership, holy orders, or other ecclesiastical position and functions, preparatory to his final admission thereto.
- noun In theology, moral trial; a state of life affording an opportunity to test moral character.
- noun Any period of trial.
- noun In the Meth. Epis. Ch., a period, usually six months, at the end of which a candidate for admission to the church determines whether he will unite with the church, and the church decides whether he should be admitted to membership.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of proving; also, that which proves anything; proof.
- noun Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial.
- noun The novitiate which a person must pass in a convent, to probe his or her virtue and ability to bear the severities of the rule.
- noun The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a pastor.
- noun Moral trial; the state of man in the present life, in which he has the opportunity of proving his character, and becoming qualified for a happier state.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A period of time when a person occupies a position only
conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance - noun A type of
sentence where convictedcriminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions - noun archaic The act of testing;
proof
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership
- noun (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court
- noun a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He even abolished the system whereby the police controlled prisoners once they were released and introduced what we call the probation system where an independent probation service, a non-police service, supervises the prisoners.
Churchill: A Life 1991
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"House arrest and two year's probation is pretty light," the
Roy J scott 2010
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It will also put the university in probation with their accrediting body.
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I called my probation officer and alerted him that I would be heading to Florida.
Naked Truth Danielle Staub 2010
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In 2004, he was sentenced 10 years in prison in Texas for violating terms of his probation from a 2001 burglary conviction.
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They all involve misdemeanor charges that resulted in probation, and in each case the probation was served and the case closed many years ago — and in some cases many decades ago.
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PENALTY: Time served (= two weeks to two and a half weeks) if one-year probation is successfully completed; if not, who knows (but I would suppose the felony charge of malicious wounding would be reinstated, and the case would proceed with the defendants admission of guilt already in hand); payment of restitution for victims medical costs; and cooperation in the prosecution of others.
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PENALTY: Time served (= two weeks to two and a half weeks) if one-year probation is successfully completed; if not, who knows (but I would suppose the felony charge of malicious wounding would be reinstated, and the case would proceed with the defendants admission of guilt already in hand); payment of restitution for victims medical costs; and cooperation in the prosecution of others.
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PENALTY: Time served (= two weeks to two and a half weeks) if one-year probation is successfully completed; if not, who knows (but I would suppose the felony charge of malicious wounding would be reinstated, and the case would proceed with the defendants admission of guilt already in hand); payment of restitution for victims medical costs; and cooperation in the prosecution of others.
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PENALTY: Time served (= two weeks to two and a half weeks) if one-year probation is successfully completed; if not, who knows (but I would suppose the felony charge of malicious wounding would be reinstated, and the case would proceed with the defendants admission of guilt already in hand); payment of restitution for victims medical costs; and cooperation in the prosecution of others.
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