probation

IPA: proʊbˈeɪʃʌn

A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may be removed if certain conditions are not met
(law) A type of sentence where convicted criminals are allowed to continue living in the community but will automatically be sent to jail if they violate certain conditions
A testing period of time
(archaic) The act of testing; proof

Examples of "probation" in Sentences

"House arrest and two year's probation is pretty light," the
It will also put the university in probation with their accrediting body.
I called my probation officer and alerted him that I would be heading to Florida.
In 2004, he was sentenced 10 years in prison in Texas for violating terms of his probation from a 2001 burglary conviction.
They all involve misdemeanor charges that resulted in probation, and in each case the probation was served and the case closed many years ago — and in some cases many decades ago.
He even abolished the system whereby the police controlled prisoners once they were released and introduced what we call the probation system where an independent probation service, a non-police service, supervises the prisoners.
PENALTY: Time served (= two weeks to two and a half weeks) if one-year probation is successfully completed; if not, who knows (but I would suppose the felony charge of malicious wounding would be reinstated, and the case would proceed with the defendants admission of guilt already in hand); payment of restitution for victims medical costs; and cooperation in the prosecution of others.