| Main Entry: | probation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trial period |
Synonyms: |
apprenticeship, noviciate, test period, trial |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | setting free |
Synonyms: |
acquittal, clearance, disimprisonment, exoneration, liberation, pardon, parole, probation, release, remittance |
Antonyms: |
hold, imprisonment, incarceration, keep, retention |
| Main Entry: | freedom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | political independence |
Synonyms: |
abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty |
Antonyms: |
communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression |
| Main Entry: | test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, quiz |
Synonyms: |
analysis, approval, assessment, attempt, blue book, catechism, check, comp, confirmation, corroboration, countdown, criterion, dry run, elimination, essay, evaluation, exam, experiment, final, fling*, go*, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lick*, oral, ordeal, pop quiz, preliminary, probation, probing, proof, questionnaire, scrutiny, search, shibboleth, standard, substantiation, touchstone, trial, trial and error, trial run, try, tryout, verification, yardstick |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test |
Synonyms: |
R and D, analysis, assay, attempt, audition, check, crack*, dry run, effort, endeavor, essay, examination, experience, experiment, experimentation, fling*, go*, hassle*, investigation, lick*, probation, proof, research and development, shakedown, shot*, showcase, stab*, striving, struggle, test run, testing, trial and error, trial run, try, try on, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, workout |
| Main Entry: | trial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, noun |
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Adjectives: |
analytic, cut-and-try, docimastic, empirical, essaying, experimental, icarian, on one's trial, peirastic, probationary, probative, probatory, provisional, tentative, under probation
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