PAROLE
Pa*role", a.
Defn: See 2d Parol.
PAROLE
Pa*role", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paroled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paroling.]
(Mil.)
Defn: To set at liberty on parole; as, to parole prisoners.
PAROMOLOGY
Par`o*mol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. fr. Homologous.] (Rhet.)
Defn: A concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.
PARONOMASIA
Par`o*no*ma"si*a, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning. Dryden.
PARONOMASTIC; PARONOMASTICAL
Par`o*no*mas"tic, Par`o*no*mas"tic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words.