commutative

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COMMUTATIVE, adjective Relative to exchange; interchangeable; mutually passing from one to another; as commutative justice, justice which is mutually done and received, between men in society. To cultivate an habitual regard to commutative justice.
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