'Commutation' definitions:
Definition of 'commutation'
From: WordNet
noun
The travel of a commuter [syn: commutation, commuting]
noun
A warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
noun
(law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law [syn: commutation, re-sentencing]
noun
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" [syn: substitution, exchange, commutation]
Definition of 'Commutation'
From: GCIDE
- Commutation \Com`mu*ta"tion\, n. [L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation.]
- 1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- The use of money is . . . that of saving the commutation of more bulky commodities. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment. [1913 Webster]
- Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. [1913 Webster]
- 5. regular travel from a place of residence to a place where one's daily work is performed; commuting. Most often, such travel is performed between a suburb and a nearby city. [1913 Webster]
- Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet.
- Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in kind.
- Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d Commute, 2. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'commutation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agency,
- alternation,
- amends,
- atonement,
- balancing,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- change,
- compensation,
- cooperation,
- counteraction,
- counterbalancing,
- counterchange,
- course,
- cross fire,
- crossing,
- delegation,
- deputation,
- deputyship,
- displacement,
- exchange,
- expiation,
- give-and-take,
- globe-trotting,
- going,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- interchange,
- intermutation,
- interplay,
- journeying,
- lex talionis,
- locomotion,
- measure for measure,
- motion,
- movement,
- moving,
- mutual admiration,
- mutual support,
- mutual transfer,
- mutuality,
- offsetting,
- passage,
- permutation,
- power of attorney,
- progress,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- redress,
- reparation,
- repayment,
- replacement,
- representation,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- revenge,
- satisfaction,
- something for something,
- subrogation,
- substitution,
- supersedence,
- superseding,
- supersedure,
- supersession,
- supplantation,
- supplanting,
- supplantment,
- switch,
- tit for tat,
- tourism,
- touristry,
- traject,
- trajet,
- transit,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- travel,
- traveling,
- vicariousness