noun [C,U]
1 (law) the act of making a punishment less severe:
He appealed for a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
2 (finance) the act of replacing one method of payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of commutation come from?
This entry for commutation is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does commutation appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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