as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another
an international commutation of food for oil
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Recent Examples of commutation
Except, of course, that few people caught up in the legal system have the resources and the reach to pursue a pardon or sentence commutation.
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Bill Hamilton, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025
More than a dozen Minnesotans are among the nearly 1,600 participants in the Jan. 6 riot who received pardons and commutations from President Donald Trump on his first day back in office.
—Matt Sepic, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2025
Rhodes was serving out an 18-year prison sentence when he was released this week because of Trump’s commutation.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
Presidents have broad authority to issue pardons and commutations, so long as the crimes are federal offenses and not state ones.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
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Bill Hamilton, Baltimore Sun, 5 Mar. 2025
More than a dozen Minnesotans are among the nearly 1,600 participants in the Jan. 6 riot who received pardons and commutations from President Donald Trump on his first day back in office.
—Matt Sepic, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2025
Rhodes was serving out an 18-year prison sentence when he was released this week because of Trump’s commutation.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
Presidents have broad authority to issue pardons and commutations, so long as the crimes are federal offenses and not state ones.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for commutation
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“Commutation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commutation. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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