Question

commute There was a public outcry at the harshness of the prison sentence, and two days later the governor commuted it to five years. kəmˈjut

Accepted Answer

(1) To exchange or substitute; especially to change a penalty to another one that is less severe. (2) To travel back and forth regularly. When you commute between a suburb and a city, you're “exchanging” one location for another. When a chief executive substitutes a life sentence for the death sentence handed down by a court, he or she is commuting the original sentence. Most such commutations are the result of the prisoner's good behavior. A commutator is a device in many electric motors that regularly changes alternating current to direct current

word	commute
definition	(1) To exchange or substitute; especially to change a penalty to another one that is less severe. (2) To travel back and forth regularly.
eg_sentence	There was a public outcry at the harshness of the prison sentence, and two days later the governor commuted it to five years.
explanation	When you commute between a suburb and a city, you're “exchanging” one location for another. When a chief executive substitutes a life sentence for the death sentence handed down by a court, he or she is commuting the original sentence. Most such commutations are the result of the prisoner's good behavior. A commutator is a device in many electric motors that regularly changes alternating current to direct current
IPA	kəmˈjut

Commute Sentence Current Exchange Substitute Change Penalty Severe