Pronunciations
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/kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/
Pronunciation notes
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Noun
Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
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Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
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Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth.
The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
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Monsieur the Marquis de Sade [was] now holed up in one of his châteaux while his wife worked for the commutation of a sentence passed on him recently for poisoning and buggery.
Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
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The reversal of an electric current.
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A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
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The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
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Noun
The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting.
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but there was no city officer to stand forth and ask for it — not even so much as to require frequent trains, low fares, and commutations on that part of the road which ran within the city limits.
These permit the limited number willing to abandon their automobiles for long hikes to visit some of the most rugged terrain in Southern California. Major resort centers with substantial year-around residence (and much commutation) occur in the western Santa Monica Mountains, the San Bernardino Mountains, and around Idyllwild in the San Jacinto.
After decades of complaint that cities are exploited by suburban commuters, the American metropolis is experiencing more and more commutation in the other direction. In some metropolitan areas, there is as much commutation out of the city as into it.
When Mary worked as an adjunct, she deliberately never calculated how much commutation and the babysitter were costing because she suspected that she was probably losing money on the deal.
Noun
the travel of a commuter
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a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
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(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
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the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
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