Commutation
nounid
25860·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- commutingexchangere-sentencing
- plural
- Commutations
- possessive
- Commutation's
- pluralpossessive
- Commutations'
Framework definitions
- §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
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