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commutation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | commuting |
| Type of | travelling, travel, traveling |
| Derivation | commute |
commutation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exchange, substitution |
| Type of | change |
| Has types | weaning, replacement, replacing, subrogation, ablactation |
| Derivation | commute |
commutation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | re-sentencing |
| Type of | mercy, clemency, mercifulness |
| Derivation | commute |
commutation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | warrant |
| Derivation | commute |
Examples of commutation
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The last commutation of a juvenile serving prison time came almost 30 years ago.
From the denverpost.com
Two years later, on December 11, 2007, the White House announced the commutation.
From the washingtonpost.com
What is your reaction to President Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence?
From the time.com
Under the terms of his commutation, he must stay out of union business until 1980.
From the time.com
In unsecured environment, only car provide end to end almost risk free commutation.
From the economist.com
A commutation reduces the penalties of a sentence but does not restore full rights.
From the huffingtonpost.com
The commutation allows Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean to leave prison early.
From the dallasnews.com
There are 26 requests for commutation, including the request from Dudley's daughter.
From the newsobserver.com
Only then does the governor begin an exhaustive review of a commutation application.
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- The travel of a commuter
- A warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
- (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
- Substitution: 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"
- (commutate) reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current) each half cycle so as to produce a unidirectional current
- Commutation of sentence involves the reduction of legal penalties, especially in terms of imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, a commutation does not nullify the conviction and is often conditional. ...
- In mathematics an operation is commutative if changing the order of the operation does not change the end result. It is a fundamental property of many binary operations, and many mathematical proofs depend on it. ...
- In neurophysiology, commutation is the process of how the brain's neural circuits exhibit non-commutativity. Physiologist Douglas B. ...
- (Commutant) In algebra, the commutant of a subset S of a semigroup (such as an algebra or a group) A is the subset S′ of elements of A commuting with every element of S. In other words,
