- A passing from one state to another; change;
alteration; mutation. - The act of giving one thing for another; barter;
exchange. - 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. - 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.
Meaning of 'commutation' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . commutation
[ n]
Meaning (1): - the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
Example in sentence:
he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help