TICKET-OF-LEAVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ticket-of-leave" is a kind of...):

laissez passer; pass (a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions)

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