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Meanings of commutation in English

Portuguese
substituição
Catalan
commutació
Spanish
sustitución

The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another.

        substituição
        Portuguese
        migrações diárias

        The travel of a commuter.

              migrações diárias
              Catalan
              commutació

              (Law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law.

                    commutació

                    Processes whereby multiple telemetry streams are combined into one frame-based stream for transmission.

                          Usage of commutation in English
                          1
                          The commutation of pensions was an experiment of the most benevolent intention.
                          Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1
                          2
                          He will also be paid commutation of quarters at the usual rate.
                          The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
                          3
                          That was one time when a commutation ticket was good for two.
                          Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers
                          4
                          They were expensive articles, and occasionally money was given as a commutation.
                          A Righte Merrie Christmasse: The Story of Christ-Tide
                          5
                          The commutation did not erase Stone's conviction as a pardon would have.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          This is a writ of commutation, Anthony, signed by Governor Jenna Bush.
                          The passage
                          7
                          Then had come the commutation of his sentence from death to life!
                          O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
                          8
                          Appeal to the Supreme Court, ask the governor for a commutation.
                          I'd know you anywhere
                          9
                          The other prisoner for the same offences received the same sentence and commutation.
                          A Soldier's Life: Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. R...
                          10
                          Congressional Republicans criticized the commutation as a dangerous precedent for leakers.
                          Reuters
                          11
                          A commutation leaves the conviction in place, but ends the punishment.
                          Ebony
                          12
                          The application for the commutation of sentence of John W. Burley is denied.
                          Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
                          13
                          We buy commutation tickets, and pay dearly for the trips back and forth.
                          The Hills of Hingham
                          14
                          The president's commutation does not void a criminal conviction as a pardon does.
                          Radio NZ
                          15
                          The salutary effect of the commutation of this man's sentence is quite obvious.
                          Studies in Forensic Psychiatry
                          16
                          He was sentenced to death, but got commutation to life imprisonment.
                          The Subterranean Brotherhood
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                          Translations for commutation
                          Commutation through the time
                          Commutation across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common