noun
a permit formerly given to convicts allowing them to leave prison under specific restrictions
• Hypernyms: ↑pass, ↑laissez passer
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural tickets-of-leave) : a license or permit formerly given in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth to a convict under imprisonment to go at large and to labor for himself subject to certain specific conditions
Useful english dictionary. 2012.