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• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour)  , a military See also:

• TERM

term signifying the engagement given by a prisoner of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war that if released he will not again take up arms against his captors during the term of the engagement or the war, unless previously relieved of the See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation by See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange . " See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

Parole " is also used in the same sense as " word " to imply a watchword or password . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French word, formed from the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. paraula, See also:

• PARABOLA

parabola, Gr. lrapaf3oXit, See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, See also:

• PARABLE (Gr. 7apa(3oXi7, a comparison or similitude)

parable, was also adopted into See also:

• ENGLISH

English as " parol," i.e. verbal, oral, by word of mouth, now only used in the legal term " parol See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence," i.e. oral as opposed to documentary evidence .