Meaning 1: travels from home to another workplace: John commutes from his home in Montauk to New York City via the Long Island Railroad.
Meaning 2: shortens a legal punishment: [A possible newspaper headline from some years ago] "President Bush commutes sentence of Libby for perjury to time served."
John commutes to work every morning.
He commutes from the suburbs to the city everyday for his job.
noun a person who commutes, especially between home and work. Sentence: The death sentence was commuted, by the commuter, to life imprisonment.
Judicial Duties
Commutes its death sentence, e.g. "pardons" the turkey and sends it someplace to live out its natural life
When a president reduces or commutes the sentence of well-known federal criminal it is called a presidential pardon. This usually occurs just as a president is leaving office.
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A British person who commutes (to and from his work).
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