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English Lexicon

Supervised Release

/ˈsuː.pər.vaɪzd rɪˈliːs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A legal status in which an individual is released from incarceration but remains under supervision, often with specific conditions.

    "After serving time, he was granted supervised release, allowing him to reintegrate into society while still being monitored."
  2. 2

    A program designed to assist individuals in transitioning back into the community while ensuring compliance with legal requirements.

    "The supervised release program includes regular check-ins with a parole officer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'supervised release' combines 'supervised', derived from the Latin 'supervisus', meaning 'to oversee', and 'release', from the Latin 'relaxare', meaning 'to loosen'. The phrase evolved in legal contexts to denote a conditional release from incarceration under supervision.

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