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commutation

noun as in substitution

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Going forward, the federal Bureau of Prisons will begin advising inmates of the opportunity to apply for sentence commutation.

More than 2,000 supporters have signed a petition arguing for commutation in the days since the sentencing.

Recently leaving an event, Schwarzenegger was asked by a reporter for a comment on the Nunez commutation.

Mr. Shiel said that the preamble already set forth that the bill was to effect a commutation.

Commutation, he argued, would do no good; a new appropriation of church property alone could produce even a momentary calm.

The commutation of tithes in England was a subject still more complicated and difficult.

Often was death demanded as a commutation of this ignominious punishment, but refused with a malignant joy.

If no reprieve could be obtained, no commutation of the sentence, he would speak out and set Andrew Westwood free.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to commutation, such as: compensation, exchange, interchange, and replacement.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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