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Commutation

noun

Noun

1
Substitution of one thing for another; interchange. archaic, countable, formal, uncountable
2
The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. US, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
"but there was no city officer to stand forth and ask for it — not even so much as to require frequent trains, low fares, and commutations on that part of the road which ran within the city limits."
3
the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: wordnet
4
Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. countable, uncountable
"Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth."
5
the travel of a commuter wordnet

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6
The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State countable, uncountable
"Monsieur the Marquis de Sade [was] now holed up in one of his châteaux while his wife worked for the commutation of a sentence passed on him recently for poisoning and buggery."
7
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law wordnet
8
Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes. countable, uncountable
9
a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one wordnet
10
The reversal of an electric current. countable, uncountable
11
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. countable, obsolete, uncountable
12
The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. countable, obsolete, uncountable

Etymology 1

From French commutation, from Latin commūtātiōnem, accusative singular of commūtātiō.

Etymology 2

From commute + -ation.

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