substitution as a noun: - 1
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substitution
noun
1 substitution
2 substitution
The act of putting one thing or person in the place of another::
— He sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help.
synonyms: commutation, exchange.
Roget 147:
substitution,
commutation;
supplanting
etc.
v.;
metaphor,
metonymy
etc.
(figure of speech)
521.
[Thing substituted]
substitute,
ersatz,
makeshift,
temporary expedient,
replacement,
succedaneum;
shift,
pis aller [Fr.],
stopgap,
jury rigging,
jury mast,
locum tenens,
warming pan,
dummy,
scapegoat;
double;
changeling;
quid pro quo,
alternative.
representative
etc.
(deputy)
759;
palimpsest.
price,
purchase money,
consideration,
equivalent.
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Roget 783:
transfer,
conveyance,
assignment,
alienation,
abalienation†;
demise,
limitation;
conveyancing†;
transmission
etc.
(transference)
270;
enfeoffment†,
bargain and sale,
lease and release;
exchange
etc.
(interchange)
148;
barter
etc.
794;
substitution
etc.
147.
succession,
reversion;
shifting use,
shifting trust;
devolution.
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Dutch: uitwisseling, beurs, substitutie, vervanging
Polish: zmienianie, zamienianie, zastępowanie, wymienianie
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