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Commutation

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Noun

1. commutation, commuting

the travel of a commuter

2. commutation

a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one

3. commutation, re-sentencing

(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law

4. commutation, exchange, substitution

the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:

Example Sentences:
'he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Commutation

see synonyms of commutation
noun
1. 
a substitution or exchange
2. 
a. 
the replacement of one method of payment by another
b. 
the payment substituted
3. 
the reduction in severity of a penalty imposed by law
4. 
the process of commutating an electric current
5. US
the travelling done by a commuter

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Commutation

see synonyms of commutation
noun
1. 
an exchange; substitution
2. 
a. 
the substitution of one kind of payment for another
b. 
the payment made
3.  US
the act of traveling as a commuter, esp. by using a commutation ticket
4.  Electricity
the repeated reversal of the direction of a current by a commutator
5.  Law
a change of a sentence or punishment to one that is less severe

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Commutation

see synonyms of commutation
n.
1. A substitution, exchange, or interchange.
2.
a. The substitution of one kind of payment for another.
b. The payment substituted.
3. The travel of a commuter.
4. Electricity
a. Conversion of alternating to unidirectional current.
b. Reversal of current direction.
5. Law Reduction of a penalty to a less severe one.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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