Commutation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌkɑːmjʊˈteɪʃn|
Brit.
|kɒmjʊˈteɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- the travel of a commuter
- a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
- (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: (syn: exchange, substitution)
- a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
- (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: (syn: exchange, substitution)
Extra examples
He appealed for a commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.
...an international commutation of food for oil...
Activists campaigned for a commutation of Lee's sentence.
Word forms
noun
singular: commutation
plural: commutations
singular: commutation
plural: commutations
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