probation

A process or period in which a person’s fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested.

A criminal sentence consisting of a term of imprisonment that is suspended provided certain terms and conditions are met.

The status of serving such a criminal sentence.

Release of a person from commitment for insanity, subject to reversal in the event of a relapse into insanity.

A trial period in which a student is given time to try to redeem failing grades or bad conduct.

The act of proving; proof.

Any proceeding designed to ascertain truth, character, qualifications, or the like; trial; examination.

Specifically — Eccles., the trial of a candidate for church membership, holy orders, or other ecclesiastical position and functions, preparatory to his final admission thereto.

In theology, moral trial; a state of life affording an opportunity to test moral character.