probation

Etymology
From, from , from , from , past participle ; see probate, probe, prove.

Noun

 * 1) A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met.
 * 2)  A type of sentence where convicted criminals are permitted to continue living in a community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions.
 * 3) A testing period of time.
 * 4)  The act of testing; proof.
 * 1) A testing period of time.
 * 2)  The act of testing; proof.
 * 1)  The act of testing; proof.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: стаж
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: zkušební doba
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 保護観察
 * Malay: percubaan
 * Plautdietsch: Proowtiet
 * Polish:, okres próbny
 * Portuguese: contrato de experiência, período de experiência
 * Romanian: perioadă de probă
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: periodo de prueba
 * Swedish: praktisk arbetslivsorientering
 * Thai: ทดลองงาน


 * Bulgarian: условна присъда
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: podmíněný trest,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: provizora libero
 * Finnish: ehdollinen vankeusrangaistus,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: αναστολή υπό επιτήρηση
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: libertà vigilata, messa in prova
 * Malay: percubaan
 * Maori: poropeihana
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, perioadă de probațiune
 * Serbo-Croatian: uvjetna,
 * Spanish: libertad condicional

Noun

 * 1)  (especially religious)