'Substitution' definitions:
Definition of 'substitution'
(from WordNet)
noun
An event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood" [syn: substitution, permutation, transposition, replacement, switch]
noun
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" [syn: substitution, exchange, commutation]
Definition of 'Substitution'
From: GCIDE
- Substitution \Sub`sti*tu"tion\, n. [L. substitutio: cf. F. substitution.]
- 1. The act of substituting or putting one person or thing in the place of another; as, the substitution of an agent, attorney, or representative to act for one in his absense; the substitution of bank notes for gold and silver as a circulating medium. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being substituted for another. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Civil Law) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Theol.) The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Chem.) The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metathesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'substitution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agent,
- alienation,
- alternate,
- alternative,
- amends,
- analogy,
- atonement,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- avoidance mechanism,
- backup,
- balancing,
- blame-shifting,
- change,
- changeling,
- changing,
- commutation,
- comparison,
- compensation,
- copy,
- counteraction,
- counterbalancing,
- counterfeit,
- decompensation,
- defense mechanism,
- deputy,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- displacement,
- dissociation,
- double,
- dummy,
- emotional insulation,
- equal,
- equivalent,
- ersatz,
- escape,
- escape into fantasy,
- escape mechanism,
- escapism,
- exchange,
- expiation,
- fake,
- fantasizing,
- fantasy,
- fill-in,
- flight,
- ghost,
- ghostwriter,
- imitation,
- indemnification,
- indemnity,
- interchange,
- interchanging,
- isolation,
- lex talionis,
- locum tenens,
- makeshift,
- metaphor,
- metonymy,
- negativism,
- next best thing,
- offsetting,
- overcompensation,
- personnel,
- phony,
- pinch hitter,
- projection,
- proxy,
- psychotaxis,
- rationalization,
- recompense,
- rectification,
- redress,
- relief,
- reparation,
- repayment,
- replacement,
- replacing,
- representative,
- reserves,
- resistance,
- restitution,
- retaliation,
- revenge,
- ringer,
- satisfaction,
- second string,
- secondary,
- sign,
- sociological adjustive reactions,
- spares,
- stand-in,
- sub,
- sublimation,
- substituent,
- substitute,
- succedaneum,
- superseder,
- supplanter,
- supplanting,
- surrogate,
- swap,
- swapping,
- switch,
- switching,
- symbol,
- synecdoche,
- third string,
- token,
- understudy,
- utility player,
- vicar,
- vice-president,
- vice-regent,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- withdrawal