A promise.

synonyms: word, word of honor.

Roget 582: speech, faculty of speech; locution, talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, prolation^†, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle; effusion.    oration, recitation, delivery, say, speech, lecture, harangue, sermon, tirade, formal speech, peroration; speechifying; soliloquy etc. 589; allocution etc. 586; conversation etc. 588; salutatory : screed: valedictory [U.S.].    oratory; elocution, eloquence; rhetoric, declamation; grandiloquence, multiloquence^†; burst of eloquence; facundity^†; flow of words, command of words, command of language; copia verborum [Lat.]; power of speech, gift of the gab; usus loquendi [Lat.].    speaker etc. v.; spokesman; prolocutor, interlocutor; mouthpiece, Hermes; orator, oratrix^†, oratress^†; Demosthenes, Cicero; rhetorician; stump orator, platform orator; speechmaker, patterer^†, improvisatore^†.    ... show more

Roget 768: promise, undertaking, word, troth, plight, pledge, parole, word of honor, vow; oath etc. (affirmation) 535; profession, assurance, warranty, guarantee, insurance, obligation; contract etc. 769; stipulation.    engagement, preengagement; affiance; betroth, betrothal, betrothment.    ... show more

Roget 771: security; guaranty, guarantee; gage, warranty, bond, tie, pledge, plight, mortgage, collateral, debenture, hypothecation, bill of sale, lien, pawn, pignoration^†; real security; vadium^†.    stake, deposit, earnest, handsel, caution.    promissory note; bill, bill of exchange; I.   O.U.; personal security, covenant, specialty; parole etc. (promise) 768.    acceptance, indorsement^†, signature, execution, stamp, seal.    sponsor, cosponsor, sponsion^†, sponsorship; surety, bail; mainpernor^†, hostage; godchild, godfather, godmother.    recognizance; deed of indemnity, covenant of indemnity.    authentication, verification, warrant, certificate, voucher, docket, doquet^†; record etc. 551; probate, attested copy.    receipt; acquittance, quittance; discharge, release.    muniment^†, title deed, instrument; deed, deed poll; assurance, indenture; charter etc. (compact) 769; charter poll; paper, parchment, settlement, will, testament, last will and testament, codicil.    ... show more

Dutch: woord van eer, erewoord, parool, woord
Polish: parol, słowo, słowo honoru

A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group.

synonyms: countersign, password, watchword, word.

Dutch: paswoord, consigne, parool, password, schibbolet, sjibbolet, sleutel, wachtwoord
Polish: hasło, parol

law A conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with.

Release a criminal from detention and place him on parole.