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- probation
- (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court; "probation is part of the sentencing process"
- a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself
- a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership
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- probationary
collapse - under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" related words >
- acid test
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- a rigorous or crucial appraisal related words >
- test case
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- a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent related words >
- acid test,
- assay,
- barometer,
- benchmark,
- blank determination,
- brouillon,
- canon,
- check,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- degree,
- demonstration,
- determination,
- docimasy,
- essay,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- gauge,
- graduated scale,
- kiteflying,
- measure,
- model,
- norm,
- ordeal,
- parameter,
- pattern,
- probation,
- proof,
- quantity,
- reading,
- readout,
- reference,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- rule,
- scale,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- test,
- test case,
- trial,
- try,
- type,
- value,
- verification,
- yardstick
- ordeal
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- a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
- a severe or trying experience related words >
- Sabbat,
- acid test,
- adversity,
- affliction,
- anguish,
- assay,
- blank determination,
- brouillon,
- calvary,
- criterion,
- cross,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- determination,
- disaster,
- distress,
- docimasy,
- essay,
- feeling out,
- fiery ordeal,
- first draft,
- ghost dance,
- grief,
- hardship,
- kiteflying,
- magic circle,
- misery,
- misfortune,
- nightmare,
- ordeal by battle,
- probation,
- proof,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- suffering,
- test,
- test case,
- touchstone,
- tragedy,
- trial,
- trials and tribulations,
- tribulation,
- tribulations,
- troubles,
- try,
- verification,
- visitation
- acid test,
- assay,
- black and white,
- blank determination,
- brouillon,
- cartoon,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chiaroscuro,
- crayon,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- delineation,
- design,
- determination,
- diagram,
- docimasy,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drawing,
- ebauche,
- esquisse,
- essay,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- graph,
- kiteflying,
- line drawing,
- ordeal,
- pastel,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil drawing,
- probation,
- proof,
- rough copy,
- rough outline,
- rough sketch,
- silhouette,
- silver-print drawing,
- sinopia,
- sketch,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- study,
- test,
- test case,
- touchstone,
- tracing,
- trial,
- try,
- verification,
- vignette
- verification
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- (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement related words >
- acid test,
- affirmation,
- ascertainment,
- assay,
- assurance,
- attestation,
- authentication,
- backing,
- backing up,
- bearing out,
- blank determination,
- bolstering,
- brouillon,
- buttressing,
- certification,
- check,
- checking,
- circumstantiation,
- collation,
- comparative scrutiny,
- confirmation,
- corroboration,
- corroboratory evidence,
- criterion,
- cross-check,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- determination,
- docimasy,
- documentation,
- ensuring,
- essay,
- establishment,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- fortification,
- kiteflying,
- ordeal,
- probation,
- proof,
- proving,
- proving out,
- ratification,
- reassurance,
- reassurement,
- reinforcement,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- strengthening,
- substantiation,
- support,
- supporting evidence,
- test,
- test case,
- touchstone,
- trial,
- try,
- undergirding,
- validation
- crucible
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- a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions related words >
- Bunsen burner,
- Erlenmeyer flask,
- Kipp generator,
- acid test,
- affliction,
- agitator,
- alembic,
- anvil,
- aspirator,
- assay,
- beaker,
- beater,
- blank determination,
- blender,
- blowpipe,
- brouillon,
- burette,
- caldron,
- calvary,
- capillary tube,
- cement mixer,
- churn,
- condenser,
- criterion,
- cross,
- crucial test,
- deflagrating spoon,
- desiccator,
- determination,
- distiller,
- docimasy,
- eggbeater,
- emulsifier,
- engine,
- essay,
- etna,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- kiteflying,
- lathe,
- machine,
- matrass,
- melting pot,
- mixer,
- mortar,
- motor,
- ordeal,
- pestle and mortar,
- pipette,
- precision balance,
- probation,
- proof,
- reagent bottle,
- receiver,
- retort,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- still,
- test,
- test case,
- test tube,
- touchstone,
- transducer,
- transformer,
- trial,
- tribulation,
- try,
- verification,
- visitation
- acid test,
- article,
- assay,
- autograph,
- blank determination,
- brainchild,
- brouillon,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- copy,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- determination,
- docimasy,
- document,
- draft,
- edited version,
- engrossment,
- essay,
- fair copy,
- feeling out,
- fiction,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- flimsy,
- holograph,
- kiteflying,
- letter,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- lucubration,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- nonfiction,
- opus,
- ordeal,
- original,
- paper,
- parchment,
- penscript,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- poem,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- probation,
- production,
- proof,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
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- scroll,
- second draft,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- test,
- test case,
- the written word,
- touchstone,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- trial,
- try,
- typescript,
- verification,
- version,
- work,
- writing
- criterion
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- the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they live by the standards of their community" related words >
- Procrustean law,
- acid test,
- adjudgment,
- antetype,
- antitype,
- archetype,
- assay,
- barometer,
- benchmark,
- biotype,
- blank determination,
- brouillon,
- canon,
- check,
- classic example,
- code,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- degree,
- determination,
- docimasy,
- epitome,
- essay,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- form,
- formality,
- formula,
- formulary,
- fugleman,
- fugler,
- gauge,
- genotype,
- graduated scale,
- guideline,
- imitatee,
- judgment,
- kiteflying,
- law,
- law of nature,
- lead,
- maxim,
- measure,
- mirror,
- model,
- norm,
- norma,
- ordeal,
- order of nature,
- original,
- paradigm,
- parameter,
- pattern,
- precedent,
- prescribed form,
- prescription,
- principle,
- probation,
- proof,
- prototype,
- quantity,
- reading,
- readout,
- regulation,
- representative,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- rule,
- scale,
- set form,
- sounding out,
- standard,
- standing order,
- test,
- test case,
- touchstone,
- trial,
- try,
- type,
- type species,
- type specimen,
- universal law,
- urtext,
- value,
- verification,
- yardstick
- assay
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- a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
- an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under stress"
- a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
- a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
- analyze (chemical substances) related words >
- acid test,
- analysis,
- analyzation,
- analyze,
- anatomize,
- anatomizing,
- anatomy,
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- approach,
- assaying,
- assess,
- attempt,
- bid,
- blank determination,
- break down,
- break up,
- breakdown,
- breaking down,
- breaking up,
- breakup,
- bring to test,
- brouillon,
- calculate,
- calibrate,
- caliper,
- chance,
- check a parameter,
- compute,
- confirm,
- crack,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- cut and try,
- determination,
- dial,
- dissect,
- dissection,
- divide,
- division,
- docimasy,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- engage,
- essay,
- estimate,
- evaluate,
- experiment,
- fathom,
- feeling out,
- first draft,
- fling,
- gambit,
- gauge,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- go,
- graduate,
- gravimetric analysis,
- have a go,
- kiteflying,
- lick,
- lift a finger,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- measure,
- mensurate,
- mete,
- meter,
- move,
- offer,
- ordeal,
- pace,
- play around with,
- plumb,
- practice upon,
- prize,
- probation,
- probe,
- proof,
- prove,
- proximate analysis,
- put to trial,
- quantify,
- quantitative analysis,
- quantize,
- rate,
- reduce,
- reduce to elements,
- reduction to elements,
- research,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- road-test,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- segment,
- segmentation,
- semimicroanalysis,
- separate,
- separation,
- shake down,
- shot,
- size,
- size up,
- sound,
- sounding out,
- span,
- stab,
- standard,
- step,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- subdivide,
- subdivision,
- substantiate,
- survey,
- take a reading,
- taste,
- tentative,
- test,
- test case,
- touchstone,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- triangulate,
- try,
- try it on,
- try out,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- validate,
- valuate,
- value,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- verification,
- verify,
- weigh,
- whack
- try
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- melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"
- test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these students"
- make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" related words >
- acid test,
- agonize,
- aim,
- annoy,
- appraise,
- approach,
- arbitrate,
- aspire,
- assay,
- attempt,
- bear hard upon,
- bid,
- bid for,
- blank determination,
- bolt,
- bother,
- bring to test,
- brouillon,
- burden,
- chance,
- charge the jury,
- check,
- clarify,
- clear,
- conduct a trial,
- confirm,
- contend for,
- crack,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- crucify,
- cut and try,
- dab,
- decrassify,
- demonstrate,
- depurate,
- determination,
- distill,
- distress,
- docimasy,
- edulcorate,
- effort,
- elute,
- endeavor,
- engage,
- essay,
- essentialize,
- examine,
- excruciate,
- experiment,
- extract,
- feeling out,
- filter,
- filtrate,
- first draft,
- fling,
- gambit,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- go,
- go hard with,
- go ill with,
- harass,
- harrow,
- hassle,
- have a go,
- hear,
- hold court,
- hold the scales,
- hope,
- inspect,
- irk,
- jab,
- judge,
- kiteflying,
- leach,
- lick,
- lie on,
- lift a finger,
- lixiviate,
- load,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- martyr,
- move,
- offer,
- officiate,
- oppress,
- ordeal,
- overburden,
- overload,
- pain,
- percolate,
- play around with,
- pop,
- practice upon,
- probation,
- proof,
- prove,
- pull for,
- purify,
- put to trial,
- rack,
- rectify,
- referee,
- refine,
- research,
- road-test,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- screen,
- scrutinize,
- seek,
- separate,
- shake down,
- shot,
- sieve,
- sift,
- sit in judgment,
- slap,
- sounding out,
- spiritualize,
- stab,
- stagger,
- standard,
- step,
- strain,
- strain for,
- stress,
- strike,
- strive,
- strive for,
- striving,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- struggle,
- struggle for,
- sublimate,
- sublime,
- substantiate,
- taste,
- tentative,
- test,
- test case,
- torment,
- torture,
- touchstone,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- trouble,
- try a case,
- try for,
- try it on,
- try one,
- try out,
- umpire,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- validate,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- verification,
- verify,
- vex,
- weigh,
- weigh down,
- weigh heavy on,
- weigh on,
- weigh upon,
- whack,
- whirl,
- winnow,
- wring
- essay
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- a tentative attempt
- an analytic or interpretive literary composition related words >
- acid test,
- approach,
- article,
- assay,
- attempt,
- autograph,
- bid,
- blank determination,
- brainchild,
- bring to test,
- brouillon,
- causerie,
- chance,
- composition,
- computer printout,
- confirm,
- copy,
- crack,
- criterion,
- crucial test,
- crucible,
- cut and try,
- descant,
- determination,
- discourse,
- discussion,
- disquisition,
- dissertation,
- docimasy,
- document,
- draft,
- edited version,
- effort,
- endeavor,
- engage,
- engrossment,
- etude,
- examination,
- excursus,
- exertion,
- experiment,
- explication,
- exposition,
- fair copy,
- feature,
- feeling out,
- fiction,
- final draft,
- finished version,
- first approach,
- first draft,
- flimsy,
- fling,
- gambit,
- give a try,
- give a tryout,
- go,
- go about,
- hassle,
- have a go,
- holograph,
- homily,
- introductory study,
- kiteflying,
- labor,
- letter,
- lick,
- lift a finger,
- literae scriptae,
- literary artefact,
- literary production,
- literature,
- lucubration,
- make an attempt,
- make an effort,
- manuscript,
- matter,
- memoir,
- monograph,
- morceau,
- move,
- nonfiction,
- note,
- offer,
- opus,
- ordeal,
- original,
- outline,
- pandect,
- paper,
- paragraph,
- parchment,
- penscript,
- piece,
- piece of writing,
- play,
- play around with,
- poem,
- practice upon,
- preliminary study,
- printed matter,
- printout,
- probation,
- production,
- prolegomenon,
- proof,
- prove,
- put to trial,
- reading matter,
- recension,
- research,
- research paper,
- road-test,
- rough draft,
- rough sketch,
- run a sample,
- sample,
- screed,
- scrip,
- script,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- second draft,
- seek,
- shake down,
- shot,
- sketch,
- sounding out,
- special article,
- stab,
- standard,
- step,
- strive,
- striving,
- stroke,
- strong bid,
- struggle,
- study,
- substantiate,
- survey,
- tackle,
- taste,
- tentative,
- term paper,
- test,
- test case,
- the written word,
- theme,
- thesis,
- toil,
- touchstone,
- tract,
- tractate,
- transcript,
- transcription,
- travail,
- treatise,
- treatment,
- trial,
- trial and error,
- try,
- try it on,
- try out,
- typescript,
- undertake,
- undertaking,
- validate,
- venture,
- venture on,
- venture upon,
- verification,
- verify,
- version,
- whack,
- work,
- writing
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