displacement

Roget category 185

2. Words relating to space
› 2.1. Space in general
›› 2.1.2. Relative space

#185. Displacement

noun

displacement, elocation^†, transposition.
ejectment etc. 297^† — exile etc. (banishment) 893 — removal etc. (transference) 270.
misplacement, dislocation etc. 61 — fish out of water.

verb

displace, misplace, displant^†, dislodge, disestablish — exile etc. (seclude) 893 — ablegate^†, set aside, remove — take away, cart away — take off, draft off — lade etc. 184.
unload, empty etc. (eject) 297 — transfer etc. 270 — dispel.
vacate — depart etc. 293.

adjective

displaced etc. v. — unplaced, unhoused^†, unharbored^†, unestablished^†, unsettled — houseless^†, homeless — out of place, out of a situation — in the wrong place.
misplaced, out of its element.

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