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pro·ba·tion

(prō-bā′shən)

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

2. Law

a. A criminal sentence consisting of a term of imprisonment that is suspended provided certain terms and conditions are met.

b. The status of serving such a criminal sentence.

3. Release of a person from commitment for insanity, subject to reversal in the event of a relapse into insanity.

4. A trial period in which a student is given time to try to redeem failing grades or bad conduct.

[Middle English probacion, a testing, from Old French probation, from Latin probātiō, probātiōn-, from probātus, past participle of probāre, to test; see prove.]

pro·ba′tion·al adj.

pro·ba′tion·al·ly adv.

pro·ba′tion·ar′y adj.

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probation

(prəˈbeɪʃən)

1. (Law) a system of dealing with offenders by placing them under the supervision of a probation officer

2. (Law) on probation

a. under the supervision of a probation officer

b. undergoing a test period

3. a trial period, as for a teacher, religious novitiate, etc

4. the act of proving or testing

5. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a period during which a new employee may have his employment terminated on the grounds of unsuitability

proˈbational, proˈbationary adj

proˈbationally adv

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pro•ba•tion

(proʊˈbeɪ ʃən)

n.

1. the testing or trial of a person's conduct, character, qualifications, or the like.

2. the state or period of such testing or trial.

3. the conditional release of an offender under the supervision of a probation officer.

4. the trial period or condition of a student who is being permitted to redeem failures, misconduct, etc.

5. the act of testing.

6. Archaic. proof.

[1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin probātiō approval, proof. See prove, -tion]

pro•ba′tion•al, pro•ba′tion•ar′y, adj.

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Noun	1.	probation - a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership test period, trial period - a period of time during which someone or something is tested
	2.	probation - a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself test period, trial period - a period of time during which someone or something is tested
	3.	probation - (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" freeing, liberation, release - the act of liberating someone or something law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

probation

noun trial period, test, trial, examination, apprenticeship, initiation, novitiate The appointment will be subject to a six-month term of probation.

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Translations

فَتْرَة إخْتِبار المُوَظَّف الجَديدمُراقَبَة المَحْكوم عليْه

podmíněné propuštěnízkušební lhůta

prøveløsladelseprøvetid

Bewährung Probezeit

libertad provisional

liberté surveillée stage

feltételes szabadlábra helyezéspróbaidő

reynslutímiskilorîsdómur

libert... vigilata prova

bandomasis laikasbūti lygtinai paleistamlygtinai paleistilygtinis nuteisimasstažuotis

nosacīta atbrīvošanapārbaudes laiks

prøvetid

podmienečné prepustenieskúšobná lehota

deneme süresiertelemestaj tecil

缓刑试用期

probation

[prəˈbeɪʃən]

A. N (Jur) → libertad f condicional
to be on probation → estar en libertad condicional; (in employment) → estar a prueba
to put sb on probation → poner a algn en libertad provisional (fig) → asignar a algn un período a prueba
to take sth on probation (= as a trial) → tomar algo a prueba
release on probation → libertad f a prueba

B. CPD probation officer N funcionario que vigila a las personas que están en libertad condicional

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probation

[prəˈbeɪʃ^ən] n

(LAW) → liberté f surveillée
to put sb on probation [+ offender] → mettre qn en liberté surveillée
to be given two years' probation [offender] → être condamné(e) à deux ans de liberté surveillée
to be on probation [offender] → être en liberté surveillée probation order, probation service

(in employment) (= period) → période f d'essai
on probation [employee] → à l'essai

(RELIGION) → noviciat m, probation f

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probation

(Jur) → Bewährung f; to put somebody on probation (for a year) → jdm (ein Jahr) Bewährung geben; to be on probation → auf Bewährung sein, Bewährung haben

(of employee) → Probe f; (= probation period) → Probezeit f; (Rel) → Noviziat nt

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probation

[prəˈbeɪʃ/ən] n to be on probation (Law) → essere in libertà vigilata; (gen, in employment) → essere in prova, fare un periodo di prova
to put sb on probation (Law) → sottoporre qn a libertà vigilata

probation

(prəˈbeiʃən) , ((American) prou-) noun

1. the system allowing people who have broken the law to go free on condition that they commit no more crimes and report regularly to a social worker.

2. (in certain jobs) a period of time during which a person is carefully watched to see that he is capable of the job.

proˈbationary adjective

probation officer noun

be/put on probation

to (cause to) undergo a period of probation.

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Austin, probation officer, Court of General Sessions," he explained.

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Not only do we know this ourselves, but Christ, the Son of God, came down to earth and told us that this life is but for a moment and is a probation; yet we cling to it and think to find happiness in it.

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A candidate had to enter, as it were, "before the mast," to undergo a long probation, and to rise slowly by his merits and services.

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The three months' interval of Frank's probation in London passed less cheerfully than usual in the household at Combe-Raven.

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In the beginning of the change that gradually worked in me, when I tried to get a better understanding of myself and be a better man, I did glance, through some indefinite probation, to a period when I might possibly hope to cancel the mistaken past, and to be so blessed as to marry her.

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All was clear to probation. The CACHE had been found and rifled; the seven hundred thousand pounds were gone!

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We were then at a full stand; for whatever shrewd suspicions we might entertain, we had no shadow of probation. In the very article, comes Captain Hoseason with the story of your drowning; whereupon all fell through; with no consequences but concern to Mr.

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That tribute, which it would seem nations must ever pay, by way of a weary probation, around the shrine of Ceres, before they can be indulged in her fullest favours, is in some measure exacted in America, from the descendant instead of the ancestor.

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Gradgrind, and was not without strong impulses, in the first months of her probation, to run away.

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And there, too, was a sprinkling of less distinguished Parliamentary Barnacles, who had not as yet got anything snug, and were going through their probation to prove their worthiness.

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In the meanwhile, all around her showed that their present state was that of punishment and probation, and that it was their especial duty to suffer without sinning.

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Military rank under the crown of Great Britain was attained with much longer probation, and by much more toilsome services, sixty years ago than at the present time.