commutation

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
2. noun Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
3. noun The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
4. noun Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
5. noun The reversal of an electric current.
6. noun A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
7. noun The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
8. noun The process or habit of journeying to and from work on a regular basis; commuting.

Similar words

commuting re-sentencing changeover switchover conversion set-off offset convert replacement swap

Often followed by

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Word family

commutations