OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14006

commutation

/kɒmjuːˈteɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
conmutación penal • indulto
The change to a lesser penalty or punishment by the State
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.
conmutación
The reversal of an electric current.
conmutación
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
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