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substitution
One that is substituted; a replacement.
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  1. One that is substituted; a replacement.
  2. (Chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
  3. A substitute or replacement
replacement
One that replaces, especially a person assigned to a vacant military position.
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  1. One that replaces, especially a person assigned to a vacant military position.
  2. The act or process of replacing or of being replaced; substitution.
  3. A replacing or being replaced
compensation
Payment for services; esp., wages or remuneration
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  1. Payment for services; esp., wages or remuneration
  2. Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.
  3. Payment for injury, loss, or otherwise depriving a person of something he or she is entitled to. See also damages.
change
A number of coins or bills whose total value equals a single larger coin or bill
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  1. A number of coins or bills whose total value equals a single larger coin or bill
  2. The replacing of one thing for another; substitution:
  3. In jazz, a change of harmony; a modulation.
exchange
A central office, or a system operated by it, providing telephone communication in a community or in part of a city
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  1. A central office, or a system operated by it, providing telephone communication in a community or in part of a city
  2. The checks, drafts, etc. presented to a clearinghouse for exchange and settlement
  3. A giving or taking of one thing for another; trade; barter
interchange
The act or process of interchanging.
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  1. The act or process of interchanging.
  2. (Rail transport) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
  3. A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
shift
(Now Chiefly Dial.) A change of clothing
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  1. (Now Chiefly Dial.) A change of clothing
  2. (Linguistics) A systematic change of the phonetic or phonemic structure of a language.
  3. A change in attitude, judgment, or emphasis.
substitution
The act or an instance of substituting.
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  1. The act or an instance of substituting.
  2. The act of substituting or the state of being substituted
  3. The selection of an individual or a thing to take the place of another; the process of one thing taking another’s place or one person acting in lieu of another. The selection of an individual or a thing to take the place of another; the process of one thing taking another’s place or one person acting in lieu of another.
switch
An abrupt, sharp, lashing movement, as with a switch
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  1. An abrupt, sharp, lashing movement, as with a switch
  2. A separate tress or plait of natural or synthetic hair bound at one end and used by women as part of a coiffure
  3. A shift, transference, or change, esp. if sudden or unexpected
trade
An exchange of one thing for another:
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  1. An exchange of one thing for another:
  2. The people working in or associated with a business or industry:
  3. The activity or volume of buying or selling:
transposition
The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
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  1. The act or process of transposing or interchanging.
  2. (Music) A shift of a piece of music to a different musical key by adjusting all the notes of the work equally either up or down in pitch.
  3. (Chess) A sequence of moves resulting in a position that may also be reached by another, more common sequence.
swap
A contract in which two parties agree to exchange periodic interest payments, especially when one payment is at a fixed rate and the other varies according to the performance of a reference rate, such as the prime rate.
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  1. A contract in which two parties agree to exchange periodic interest payments, especially when one payment is at a fixed rate and the other varies according to the performance of a reference rate, such as the prime rate.
  2. (Computing, informal, uncountable) Space available in a swap file for use as auxiliary memory.
  3. An exchange, trade, or barter
Find another word for commutation. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for commutation, like: substitution, replacement, compensation, change, exchange, change, exchange, interchange, shift, substitution and switch.

Sentence Examples

  • As time went on these practices of commutation became more and more frequent.

  • As constable of Dundee he secured the commutation of the death penalty on minor offenders under his jurisdiction, and his expressed maxim was " in the greatest crimes it is thought wisest to pardon the multitude and punish the ringleaders."

  • On the commutation of vows and tithes.

  • In the case of hop-grounds, orchards, fruit-plantations and gardens power was given to the commissioners to value them separately, according to the average rate of composition for the seven years preceding Christmas 1835, and to fix an ordinary and an extraordinary charge for tithes thereof, the former for such lands going out of cultivation, the latter for such as were thereafter newly cultivated; lands subject to the latter were exempted during their first years of cultivation; and such lands were only subject to it if situated in a parish in which an extraordinary charge had been distinguished at the time of commutation (6 & 7 Will.

  • (8) The commutation of the twenty-two letters is effected by the last letter of the alphabet taking the place of the first, the last but one the place of the second, and so forth.

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