Word Meanings - COMMUTATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment. Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation

Additional info about word: COMMUTATION

The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment. Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance. Blackstone. 4. A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. Angle of commutation , the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet. -- Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in kind. -- Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d Commute, (more info) 1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves. South. 2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. The use of money is . . . that of saving the commutation of more bulky commodities. Arbuthnot.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of COMMUTATION)

• Composition
• Compound
• conformation
• structure
• mixture
• combination
• compromise
• adjustment
• settlement
• commutation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of COMMUTATION)

• Resolve
• analyze
• Aggravate
• excite
• foster
• perpetuate
• exempt
• enfranchise
• disengage
• extricate
• exonerate

Related words: (words related to COMMUTATION)

• COMPROMISE
  promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to 1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. Burrill. 2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both
• PERPETUATE
  To make perpetual; to cause to endure, or to be continued, indefinitely; to preserve from extinction or oblivion; to eternize. Addison. Burke.
• COMPOUNDER
  A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a
• COMPOUNDABLE
  That may be compounded.
• SETTLEMENT
  A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it. 2. That which settles,
• ANALYZER
  The part of a polariscope which receives the light after polarization, and exhibits its properties. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, analyzes.
• RESOLVENT
  Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
• COMPOUND CONTROL
  A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc.
• EXEMPTIBLE
  That may be exempted.
• COMBINATION
  The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things. Making
• EXTRICATE
  extricate; ex out + tricae trifles, impediments, perplexities. Cf. 1. To free, as from difficulties or perplexities; to disentangle; to disembarrass; as, to extricate a person from debt, peril, etc. We had now extricated ourselves from the various
• EXCITEFUL
  Full of exciting qualities; as, an exciteful story; exciteful players. Chapman.
• COMPROMISER
  One who compromises.
• ANALYZE
  To subject to analysis; to resolve into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to
• RESOLVED
  Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.
• EXEMPTION
  The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety,
• STRUCTURE
  Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building
• RESOLVE
  To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton. (more info) relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare
• CONFORMATION
  1. The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity. The conformation of our hearts and lives to the duties of true religion and morality. I. Watts. 2. The state of being conformed; agreement; hence; structure, as depending on
• AGGRAVATE
  1. To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. "To aggravate thy store." Shak. 2. To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify. "To aggravate my woes." Pope.
• BORDEAUX MIXTURE
  A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 -- 50 gallons.
• MALCONFORMATION
  Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.
• MISADJUSTMENT
  Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
• READJUSTMENT
  A second adjustment; a new or different adjustment.
• PRERESOLVE
  To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering.
• DISSETTLEMENT
  The act of unsettling, or the state of being unsettled. Marvell.
• PREADJUSTMENT
  Previous adjustment.