commutation
英 [kɒmjʊ'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,kɑmju'teʃən]
- n. 减刑；交换；经常来往；代偿
英英释意
- 1. the travel of a commuter
- 2. a warrant substituting a lesser punishment for a greater one
- 3. (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law
- 4. 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"