Originally, one's oath or word of honour, given as a condition of release from custody; now specifically, describing the release of a former prisoner under certain conditions, especially the promise of good behaviour.
A word of honor, especially given by a prisoner of war, to not engage in combat if released.
Language in use, as opposed to language as a system.
The permission for a foreigner who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa to be allowed to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds.
Conditional release of a prisoner (now especially before the end of a custodial sentence), or the term or state of such release; the system governing such releases.
To release (a prisoner) on the understanding that s/he checks in regularly and obeys the law.
A promise; an oath or guarantee.
An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
A unit of text equivalent to five characters and one space.
A sequence of letters, characters, or sounds, considered as a discrete entity, though it does not necessarily belong to a language or have a meaning
The smallest discrete unit of spoken language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more phonemes and one or more morphemes
The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action. .
A minor reprimand.
Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
News; tidings
A fixed-size group of bits handled as a unit by a machine and which can be stored in or retrieved from a typical register (so that it has the same size as such a register).
A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting of multiple words).
A brief discussion or conversation.
See words.
The smallest discrete unit of written language with a particular meaning, composed of one or more letters or symbols and one or more morphemes
A discrete, meaningful unit of language approved by an authority or native speaker (compare non-word).
The smallest unit of language that has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest discrete, meaningful unit of language. (contrast morpheme.)
A finite string that is not a command or operator.
A group element, expressed as a product of group elements.
Logos, Christ.
Something that someone said; a comment, utterance; speech.
To conjure with a word.
To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
To ply or overpower with words.
Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement "My word is my bond."
An abbreviated form of word up; a statement of the acknowledgment of fact with a hint of nonchalant approval.