{
    "term": "parole",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "permission that is given to a prisoner to leave prison before the end of their sentence on condition that they behave well",
            "sensetop": "on parole",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)(especially US English)(especially North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to be eligible for parole"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was released on parole.",
                    "contextForm": "on parole"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He committed a burglary while on parole."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her case comes up for parole in September."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She got parole."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With parole, he could be out in two years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Smith was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["early"],
                "verb + parole": ["be on", "give somebody", "grant somebody"],
                "parole + noun": ["board", "system", "officer"],
                "preposition": ["on parole", "with parole", "without parole"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "language considered as the words individual people use, rather than as the communication system of a particular community",
            "labels": "(linguistics)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈrəʊl/",
                "audio": "pa/parole/parole__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pəˈrəʊl/",
                "audio": "pa/parole/parole__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Old French, literally ‘word’, also ‘formal promise’, from ecclesiastical Latin parabola ‘speech’."
}