commutation
C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
The substitution of a lesser penalty for the one originally imposed.
The commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment followed a successful appeal for mercy.
Business noun
The final settlement of all future reinsurance obligations for a single lump-sum payment.
We struck a commutation with the reinsurer to take the long-tail claims off both our books at once.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
Get words like commutation on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.
Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.