Found 3 items, similar to Probation.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: probation
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: probation
probation
n 1: a trial period during which your character and abilities are
tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for
membership
2: a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem
himself or herself
3: (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;
“probation is part of the sentencing
process”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Probation
Probation
\Pro*ba"tion\, n. [L. probatio, fr. probare to try,
examine, prove: cf. F. probation. See
Prove.]
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1. The act of proving; also, that which proves anything;
proof. [Obs.]
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When by miracle God dispensed great gifts to the
laity, . . . he gave probation that he intended that
all should prophesy and preach. --Jer. Taylor.
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2. Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, to determine
character, qualification, etc.; examination; trial; as, to
engage a person on probation. Hence, specifically:
(a) 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.
(b) The trial of a ministerial candidate's qualifications
prior to his ordination, or to his settlement as a
pastor.
(c) 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.
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No [view of human life] seems so reasonable as
that which regards it as a state of probation.
--Paley.
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