to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one

The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

to exchange for another or for something else; give and take reciprocally; interchange.

to change

to commute base metal into gold.

to change (one kind of payment) into or for another, as by substitution.

to travel regularly over some distance, as from a suburb into a city and back

He commutes to work by train.

to make substitution.

to serve as a substitute.

to make a collective payment, esp. of a reduced amount, as an equivalent for a number of payments.

Mathematics . to give the same result whether operating on the left or on the right.

a trip made by commuting

It's a long commute from his home to his office.

an act or instance of commuting.

verb

increase , lengthen , keep

verb

drive , go back and forth , take the bus/subway/train , alleviate , curtail , decrease , mitigate , modify , remit , shorten , soften , barter , change , convert , interchange , metamorphose , substitute , switch , transfer , transfigure , transform , translate , transmogrify , transmute , transpose , exchange , shift , trade , alter , fly , ride , travel