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==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] probacioun, from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French probation, from Latin probation-, probatio, from probare
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[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] probacioun, from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French probation, from Latin probation-, probatio, from probare
  
*Date: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
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*Date: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_Century 15th century]
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==
 
*1 : [[critical]] examination and [[evaluation]] or subjection to such examination and evaluation
 
*1 : [[critical]] examination and [[evaluation]] or subjection to such examination and evaluation

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Etymology

Middle English probacioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French probation, from Latin probation-, probatio, from probare

Definitions

  • 1 : critical examination and evaluation or subjection to such examination and evaluation
  • 2 a : subjection of an individual to a period of testing and trial to ascertain fitness (as for a job or school)
b : the action of suspending the sentence of a convicted offender and giving the offender freedom during good behavior under the supervision of a probation officer
c : the state or a period of being subject to probation