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Commutation

nounid 25860·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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'

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
commutingexchangere-sentencing
plural
Commutations
possessive
Commutation's
pluralpossessive
Commutations'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary4 sensesview framework →
§1
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'
§2
the travel of a commuter
§3
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
§4
a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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'
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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