About The Word Commutation
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Commutation Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Commutation?
[n] the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"
[n] the travel of a commuter [n] (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law [n] a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one Synonyms | Synonyms for Commutation: commuting | exchange | re-sentencing | substitution Related Terms | Find terms related to Commutation: agency | alternation | amends | atonement | balancing | battledore and shuttlecock | change | compensation | cooperation | counteraction | counterbalancing | counterchange | course | cross fire | crossing | delegation | deputation | deputyship | displacement | exchange | expiation | give-and-take | globe-trotting | going | indemnification | indemnity | interchange | intermutation | interplay | journeying | lex talionis | locomotion | measure for measure | motion | movement | moving | mutual admiration | mutual support | mutual transfer | mutuality | offsetting | passage | permutation | power of attorney | progress | quid pro quo | reciprocality | reciprocation | reciprocity | recompense | rectification | redress | reparation | repayment | replacement | representation | restitution | retaliation | revenge | satisfaction | something for something | subrogation | substitution | supersedence | superseding | supersedure | supersession | supplantation | supplanting | supplantment | switch | tit for tat | tourism | touristry | traject | trajet | transit | transposal | transposition | travel | traveling | vicariousness See Also | ablactation | change | clemency | mercifulness | mercy | replacement | replacing | subrogation | travel | traveling | travelling | warrant | weaning Commutation In Webster's Dictionary \Com`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F.
commutation.]
1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration;
mutation. [R.]
So great is the commutation that the soul then hated
only that which now only it loves. --South.
2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
[Obs.]
The use of money is . . . that of saving the
commutation of more bulky commodities. --Arbuthnot.
3. (Law) The change of a penalty or punishment by the
pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a
sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for
money agreed to be given as a commutation for
penance. --Blackstone.
4. A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a
substitution of one form of payment for another, or one
payment for many, or a specific sum of money for
conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of
tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright;
commutation of rations.
{Angle of commutation} (Astron.), the difference of the
geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet.
{Commutation of tithes}, the substitution of a regular
payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in
kind.
{Commutation ticket}, a ticket, as for transportation, which
is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced
rate. See 2d {Commute}, 2.
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