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commutation

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11 lettersPronunciation /kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted acimmnoottuStarts with CEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another

Word origin

From French commutation, from Latin commūtātiōnem, accusative singular of commūtātiō.

Used in a sentence

  • Professor Postan has argued in favour of a rapid move towards commutation in the twelfth century which slackened or even went into reverse in the course of the thirteenth.
  • Monsieur the Marquis de Sade [was] now holed up in one of his châteaux while his wife worked for the commutation of a sentence passed on him recently for poisoning and buggery.
  • but there was no city officer to stand forth and ask for it — not even so much as to require frequent trains, low fares, and commutations on that part of the road which ran within the city limits.

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