noun. A process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested.

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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.

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.

noun. 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.

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 convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions

noun. The act of testing; proof

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

"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."

the doctrine of future probation  

probate  probe  prove  

academic probation  probation officer  probationary  

freeing  liberation  release  test period  trial period  

Alsatian  Americanization  Appalachian  Balkanization  Christianization  

apprenticeship  captivity  detention  furlough  gestation  

acid test  assay  blank determination  brouillon  criterion