les paroles
n.f.pl., words or lyrics
Ses paroles m’ont effrayé.
His words frightened me.
AVOID THE TEMPTING MISTAKE!
Here, it is only words that frighten the subject — not the fact that someone is getting out of prison on parole. If you were discussing parole, as in leave from prison, you would be talking about la liberté conditionnelle.
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