com·mu·ta·tion

noun

/ˌkɒmjuˈteɪʃn/

/ˌkɑːmjuˈteɪʃn/

[countable, uncountable]

(law) the act of making a punishment less severe减刑
- a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment由死刑减为终身监禁
(finance) the act of replacing one method of payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another代偿；折合偿付；代偿金

Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’, later ‘alteration’): from Latin commutatio(n-), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange’ from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. Sense (1) dates from the late 16th cent.

单词	commutation
释义	com·mu·ta·tion noun /ˌkɒmjuˈteɪʃn/ /ˌkɑːmjuˈteɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] (law) the act of making a punishment less severe减刑 a commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment由死刑减为终身监禁 (finance) the act of replacing one method of payment with another; a payment that is replaced with another代偿；折合偿付；代偿金 Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘exchange, barter’, later ‘alteration’): from Latin commutatio(n-), from commutare ‘exchange, interchange’ from com- ‘altogether’ + mutare ‘to change’. Sense (1) dates from the late 16th cent.
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