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Promise father a part (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parole

'promise' is the definition.
(parole is a kind of promise)

'father a part' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pa' (pa is a kind of father).
'a part' becomes 'role' ('role' can be a synonym of 'part'**).
'pa'+'role'='PAROLE'

(Other definitions for parole that I've seen before include "limited release" , "Early release on promise of good behaviour" , "Early conditional release for prisoner in jail" , "Temporary release (of a prisoner)" , "Promise of not escaping etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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