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   Com·mu·ta·tion

   /ˌkämyəˈtāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or process of commuting a judicial sentence: "a commutation of her sentence"
   • ▪ the conversion of a legal obligation or entitlement into another form, e.g. the replacement of an annuity or series of payments by a single payment: "the commutation of dues into money rents"
   • 2. the process of commutating an electric current.
   • 3. the property of having a commutative relation.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’, later ‘alteration’): from Latin commutatio(n-), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange’ (see commute). commutation (sense 1) dates from the late 16th century.

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   What is commuting a sentence?

   • 1. the act of substituting one thing for another; substitution; exchange. 2. the changing of a prison sentence or other penalty to another less severe. 3. the act of commuting, as to and from a place of work. 4. the substitution of one kind of payment for another. 5. the act or process of commutating.

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   How does commutation work?

   • Commutation is done based on a factor of commutation set by the Government which depends on the years of service that you’ve put in. To put it more simply, it is the time adjusted Present Value of your future pension. Pension is restored exactly 15 years after first commuted pension is received by you.

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   What does commutator mean?

   • A commutator is a device in many electric motors that regularly changes alternating current to direct current. Verb He commutes to work every day by train. She commutes 400 miles a week. The judge commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. More than 30,000 Marylanders commuted on the Francis Scott Key Bridge every day, Moore said.

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   Commutation is a noun that means exchange, trade, replacement, or a change of penalty or punishment. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Commutation is the act of substituting one thing for another, especially in law, electricity or linguistics. Learn the origin, synonyms and related words of commutation with examples from various sources.

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   Commutation is the act of changing something to something else, especially a punishment or a financial agreement. Learn more about the meaning, usage and examples of commutation in law, business and other contexts.

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   Commutation is the act of changing a punishment, a financial agreement, or a travel arrangement. Learn more about the different meanings and uses of commutation with examples and translations.

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   In law, a commutation is the reduction of a punishment for a crime. After getting a commutation, an incarcerated person's original sentence of ten years in prison might be reduced to five years.

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   Commutation is a noun that means a substitution, exchange, or interchange of something or someone. It can also refer to the travel of a commuter, the reduction of a penalty, the conversion of an electric current, or the process of commutating an electric current. See different sources and translations of commutation.

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    commute: [verb] change, alter. to give in exchange for another : exchange.