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probation

noun as in trial period

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He plead guilty in a plea deal and was punished only with five years of probation.

Matson was sentenced to eight months in prison and served 15 days with one year of probation.

Hardy was given a 60-day suspended sentence and put on probation for 18 months.

After a couple of months probation to see if you act right, Captain Bilal welcomes you in.

Bartiromo was released from prison in July 2010, this time with no probation.

I will set a curb upon my impatience afterwards, and go through my period of ah—probation without murmuring.

He was still on the probation lists, but I could see that he had the making of a fine cop in him.

It was only that they were waiting for the end of the two years of probation, she supposed, and they were nearly over now.

There was a time early in her probation when she thought seriously that if it were not Stephen Arnold it should be this.

If any one failed to be up to the mark during his year of probation, no one taunted him, nor was he despised.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to probation, such as: trial, apprenticeship, noviciate, and test period.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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