different between probation vs assessment

English

Etymology

From Middle French probation, from Old French probacion, from Latin probatio (“a trying, inspection, examination”), from probare, past participle probatus (“to test, examine”); see probate, probe, prove.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o??be???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

probation (countable and uncountable, plural probations)

1. A period of time when a person occupies a position only conditionally and may easily be removed for poor performance

2. (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

3. (archaic) The act of testing; proof
   • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 20,

     And I shall proceed to consider the testimony of Experience, when I shall have first advertis'd You, that if Men were as perfectly rational as 'tis to be wish'd they were, this sensible way of Probation would be as needless as 'tis wont to be imperfect.

Derived terms

• probationary
• probation officer
• academic probation

Related terms

• probate
• probe
• prove

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Further reading

• probation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

probation f (plural probations)

1. probation (especially religious)

English

Etymology

assess +? -ment

Noun

assessment (countable and uncountable, plural assessments)

1. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
2. An appraisal or evaluation.

Derived terms

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