commutation
- Noun. (obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
- Noun. (obsolete) The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
- Noun. (context, formal) Substitution of one thing for another; interchange.
- Noun. Specifically, the substitution of one kind of payment for another, especially a switch to monetary payment from obligations of labour.
- Noun. (legal) The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State.
- Noun. (linguistics) Substitution, as a means of discriminating between phonemes.
- Noun. (electronics) The reversal of an electric current.
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