| 单词 | commutation |
| 释义 | commutation (once / 10387 pages) 1n 2n 3n WORD FAMILY commutation: commutations+/commutable: commutability, incommutable/commute: commutable, commutation, commuted, commuter, commutes, commuting/commuter: commuters/incommutable: incommutability, incommutably USAGE EXAMPLESThe commutation Friday will allow Clark, 67, to appear before the Board of Parole in early 2017. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Historically, presidents grant only a small percentage of commutation requests. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Mr. Obama’s grant of commutation reduces the sentence to 20 years. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1 n the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper exchange, substitution replacement, replacing the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another subrogation(law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another ablactation, weaningthe act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal novation(law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party pitching changereplacing a pitcher in baseball supersedure, supersessionact of replacing one person or thing by another especially one held to be superior displacement, supplantingact of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics change the action of changing something 1n (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law Syn|Hyper re-sentencing clemency, mercifulness, mercy leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice 2n a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one 3Hyper warrant a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts n the travel of a commuter Syn|Hyper commuting travel, traveling, travelling the act of going from one place to another |
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