Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "bail" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Jew bail anticipatory bail bail bandit bail bond bail bondsman bail in bail jumping bail out bail out on bail up bail-in bail-out bail-piece bailable bailee bailer bailjumping bailment bailor bailout bailpiece bailsman go bail jump bail jump one's bail leg bail no bail no-bail on bail out on bail rebail straw bail unbailed wire bail

Etymologically Related To

bail out bailiff

Context

australia cricket criminal law furniture law legal nautical new zealand slang uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

deliver empty fork out fork over fork up free guarantee hand over legal system liberate loose pull recognisance recognizance release remove render take take away take off turn in unloose unloosen vouch withdraw

Type Of (IsA)

handle legal system recognizance

Manner Of

empty free guarantee hand over remove

Related Terms

bailiff bailiff

Related Terms

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.