Commutation

Definition:

• (n.) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
• (n.) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.

Compare commutation with other words:

commutation vs. computation

commutation vs. commutator

commutation vs. migration

commutation vs. procuration

commutation vs. pardon

commutation vs. commuting

commutation vs. commute

commutation vs. reversal

commutation vs. punishment

commutation vs. penalty

commutation vs. payment

barter vs. commutation

commutation vs. exchange

commutation vs. mutation

alteration vs. commutation

change vs. commutation

commutation vs. state

commutation vs. pass