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Definition of commutation noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

commutation

noun

NAmE//ˌkɑmyəˈteɪʃn//

[countable, uncountable]

1(law) the act of making a punishment less severe a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment

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2(finance) the act of replacing one method of payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another

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