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Commute

verb

(past & past part. commuted; pres. part. commuting)

Exchange positions without a change in value. Synonym: transpose.

Travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of work and home.

Change the order or arrangement of. Synonyms: permute, transpose.

Exchange a penalty for a less severe one. Synonyms: convert, exchange.

Exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category. Synonyms: change, convert, exchange. "He changed his name" , "Convert centimeters into inches" , "Convert holdings into shares"

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"Commute" Quotes from Famous Books

... Couedic, "I wish for time for the minister at Paris to commute the sentence into eight days' imprisonment, which we deserve for ...

— The Regent's Daughter • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

... was not hung, do you see, because there was nobody to hang him. Plenty of rope there was, to be sure, and a most beautiful gallows—but no sheriff! Of course, the thing came to a stand—perhaps it would not be proper to say a Dead stand—and the embarrassed Governor was obliged to commute the sentence! The creditors of the missing officer made a great complaint, but the Man who Wasn't Hung did not find the least fault. This shows the different views which the human mind may take of ...

— Punchinello, Vol.1, No. 4, April 23, 1870 • Various

... often prefers the manual labor of the poor artisan to the fasting and prayer of the priest, of which we find an illustration in St. Anthony and the shoemaker of Alexandria.[31] Since these things are so, who shall be so bold and presumptuous as to commute a vow into some "better work"? But these things will have to be spoken of elsewhere, for here we have undertaken to speak of confession only as it concerns the Commandments of God, for the quieting and composing of consciences which are ...

— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther

... yourself, with the late James Marston and the deceased person known as Starlight, have aided in the protection of life and property. The Governor and the Executive Council have therefore graciously been pleased to commute your sentence of death to that of fifteen ...

— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

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