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commutation¹
- /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/ UK
Where it comes from
From French commutation, from Latin commūtātiōnem, accusative singular of commūtātiō.
noun commutations
- Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
- Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour. 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 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.
- The reversal of an electric current.
- A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
- The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
commutation²
- /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/ UK
noun commutations
- The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting. 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.
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noun the change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
| Español | conmutación penal, indulto |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 減刑 /减刑 jiǎnxíng |
| Русский | измене́ние ме́ры пресече́ния izmenénije méry presečénija, смягче́ние наказа́ния smjaxčénije nakazánija |
noun the reversal of an electric current
| Español | conmutación |
|---|---|
| Português | comutação |
| Русский | коммута́ция kommutácija |
noun a passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation
| Español | conmutación |
|---|---|
| Русский | измене́ние izmenénije, сме́на sména, замеще́ние zameščénije |
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title = {commutation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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