commutation

Meanings

Plural: commutations

Noun

• the travel of a commuter
• a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
• (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
• the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
• Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
• Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
• The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
• Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
• The reversal of an electric current.
• A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
• The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
• The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting.

Synonyms

commuting, exchange, re-sentencing, substitution

Related Words

commutator