Synonyms of commuted

commuted

verb

past tense of commute

as in exchanged

to give up (something) and take something else in return

commuting foreign currency to domestic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exchanged
• swapped
• traded
• substituted
• changed
• switched
• replaced
• shifted
• superseded
• interchanged
• displaced
• ceded
• surrendered
• yielded
• reciprocated
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commuted

Another woman, Gaile Owens, was held in the same facility as Pike for those three years before her death sentence was ultimately commuted, but the two never had contact, court filings show. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Pavese appealed for clemency, and his sister even wrote directly to Mussolini; his sentence was commuted after less than eight months. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

For example, Jason Galanis, who pled guilty to defrauding the Oglala Sioux Nation, had paid just over $2 million of his $80 million restitution before his sentence was commuted and the restitution erased in 2025. — Caren Morrison, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

He was released about a year early, in 2021, after his sentence was commuted for helping fight Oregon wildfires in 2020 under a prison firefighting program. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026

Several assistant coaches who planned to go with Kiffin to LSU stayed on with the Rebels and commuted back and forth. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

His seven year sentence was commuted by — who else — Trump last year. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 Sep. 2026

Smith’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1954. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Death sentences for two others were commuted and one was sentenced to prison. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026