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commutation
noun
1 commutation
The travel of a commuter.
synonym: commuting.
Roget 30:
compensation,
equation;
commutation;
indemnification;
compromise;
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification;
counteraction
etc.
179;
reaction;
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization;
etc.
27;
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset;
make-weight,
casting-weight;
counterpoise,
ballast;
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo;
bribe,
hush money;
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952;
counterbalance,
counterclaim;
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
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Roget 774:
compromise,
commutation,
composition;
middle term,
mezzo termine [It];
compensation
etc.
30;
abatement of differences,
adjustment,
mutual concession.
Dutch: pendelen
2 commutation
A warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one.
3 commutation
law The reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law.
synonym: re-sentencing.
Dutch: strafvermindering
4 commutation
The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:.
synonyms: exchange, substitution.
Roget 147:
substitution,
commutation;
supplanting
etc.
v.;
metaphor,
metonymy
etc.
(figure of speech)
521.
[Thing substituted]
substitute,
ersatz,
makeshift,
temporary expedient,
replacement,
succedaneum;
shift,
pis aller [Fr.],
stopgap,
jury rigging,
jury mast,
locum tenens,
warming pan,
dummy,
scapegoat;
double;
changeling;
quid pro quo,
alternative.
representative
etc.
(deputy)
759;
palimpsest.
price,
purchase money,
consideration,
equivalent.
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Roget 148:
interchange,
exchange;
commutation,
permutation,
intermutation;
reciprocation,
transposition,
rearrangement;
shuffling;
alternation,
reciprocity;
castling
(at chess);
hocus-pocus.
interchangeableness†,
interchangeability.
recombination;
combination
etc.
48.
barter
etc.
794;
tit for tat
etc.
(retaliation)
718;
cross fire,
battledore and shuttlecock;
quid pro quo.
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Roget 794:
barter,
exchange,
scorse†,
truck system;
interchange
etc.
148.
a Roland for an Oliver;
quid pro quo;
commutation,
composition;
Indian gift [U.S.].
trade,
commerce,
mercature†,
buying and selling,
bargain and sale;
traffic,
business,
nundination†,
custom,
shopping;
commercial enterprise,
speculation,
jobbing,
stockjobbing†,
agiotage†,
brokery†.
deal,
dealing,
transaction,
negotiation,
bargain.
free trade.
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Dutch: uitwisseling, beurs, substitutie, vervanging
Polish: zmienianie, zamienianie, zastępowanie, wymienianie
Moby thesaurus: agency, alternation, amends, atonement, balancing, battledore and shuttlecock, change, compensation, cooperation, counteraction, counterbalancing, counterchange, course, cross fire, crossing, delegation, deputation, deputyship, displacement, exchange, expiation, give-and-take, globe-trotting, going, indemnification, indemnity, interchange, intermutation, interplay, journeying, lex talionis, locomotion, measure for measure, motion, movement, moving, mutual admiration, mutual support, mutual transfer, mutuality, offsetting, passage, permutation, power of attorney, progress, quid pro quo, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, recompense, rectification, redress, reparation, repayment, replacement, representation, restitution, retaliation, revenge, satisfaction, something for something, subrogation, substitution, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, switch, tit for tat, tourism, touristry, traject, trajet, transit, transposal, transposition, travel, traveling, vicariousness ... show more.
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