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dummy(noun, extra, substitute, alternative, alternate)
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rehabilitation(noun, return, improvement, restoration, overhaul)
6
representative(noun, extra, agent, substitute, assistant)
6
restoration(noun, return, improvement, substitute, compensation)
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sub(noun, adjective, person, informal, reserve)
6
swap(noun, verb, change, talk, argument)
6
transposition(noun, change, talk, argument, transfer)
5
delegate(noun, agent, substitute, representative, assistant)
5
equivalent(substitute, alternative, alternate, backup, surrogate)
5
ersatz(extra, auxiliary, substitution, supernumerary)
5
makeshift(noun, help, shift, extra, substitute)
5
quid pro quo(expression, idiom, change, talk, argument)
5
refilling
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reinstatement(noun, return, improvement, substitute, restoration)
5
renewal(noun, return, restoration, reestablishment, reinstatement)
5
return(noun, improvement, compensation, again, reestablishment)
5
second(noun, extra, substitute, auxiliary, supernumerary)
5
succedaneum(noun, alternative, alternate, backup, surrogate)
5
supplanting(noun, adjective, change, talk, argument)
4
changeling(alternative, alternate, backup, surrogate, substitution)
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