<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act of testing.</li><li>The testing or trial of a person's conduct, character, qualifications, or the like.</li><li>The state or period of such testing or trial.</li><li>Law: A method of dealing with offenders, especially young persons guilty of minor crimes or first offenses, by allowing them to go at large under supervision of a probation officer.</li><li>The state of having been conditionally released.</li><li>Education: A trial period or condition of students in certain educational institutions who are being permitted to redeem failures, misconduct, etc.</li><li>The testing or trial of a candidate for membership in a religious body or order, for holy orders, etc.</li><li>Archaic: Proof.</li></ul>