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COMMUTATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Example:

he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help

Synonyms:

commutation; exchange; substitution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("commutation" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commutation"):

replacement; replacing (the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another)

subrogation ((law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another)

ablactation; weaning (the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal)

Derivation:

commute (change the order or arrangement of)

commute (exchange positions without a change in value)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The travel of a commuter

Synonyms:

commutation; commuting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("commutation" is a kind of...):

travel; traveling; travelling (the act of going from one place to another)

Derivation:

commute (travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

commutation; re-sentencing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("commutation" is a kind of...):

clemency; mercifulness; mercy (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

commute (exchange a penalty for a less severe one)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("commutation" is a kind of...):

warrant (a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

commute (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category)

commute (exchange a penalty for a less severe one)

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