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displacement

noun

an event in which something is displaced without rotation
Synonyms: shift
act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
Synonyms: supplanting
the act of uniform movement
Synonyms: translation
(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
Synonyms: displacement reaction
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
to move something from its natural environment
Synonyms: deracination
act of removing from office or employment