What is the meaning of displacement?

Act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics.
- synonyms: supplanting
An event in which something is displaced without rotation.
- synonyms: shift
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. .

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