Probation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpɹə(ʊ)ˈbeɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Probation is a noun meaning A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.
Meaning
A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.
More Meanings
- A testing period of time.
- (law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are permitted to continue living in a community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions.
- (archaic) The act of testing; proof.
Example Sentences
He got two years probation for robbery.
You'll be on probation for first six months. After that, if you work out, they'll hire you permanently.
Such assessment of others' organizational morality is a crucial aspect of a more general set of probations that are intrinsic to managerial work.
A probation of long and shameful years must be gone through; each one with the endurance more bitter, suffering yet more intolerable, before the debtor can arrive at that system of reckless evasion which is the last stage of poverty.
Word Forms
- probations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parole, remand, bail, apprenticeship, guardianship, monitoring.
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