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What does commuted mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of commute
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Smith, who is to be hanged, will probably leave death row after his sentence is commuted to life imprisonment.
When they were condemned to gather firewood from hills, their punishment could be commuted to a payment of 300 coins per month.
Earlier this year, the outgoing governor of Illinois commuted the sentences of all 167 inmates on the state's death row.
After thorough consideration, the Governor commuted the death sentences for two of the defendants to life in prison.
But during WW I, 3,082 officers and men were condemned to death, although the majority of these sentences were commuted to terms of imprisonment.
Although death sentences are handed down in Myanmar, they often are commuted on appeal, by presidential pardon or in occasional amnesties.

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