displacement (
http://definr.com/displacement)
n 1: an event in which something is displaced without rotation
[syn:
shift]
2: act of taking the place of another especially using
underhanded tactics [syn:
supplanting]
3: the act of uniform movement [syn:
translation]
4: (chemistry) a chemical reaction in which an elementary
substance displaces and sets free a constituent element
from a compound [syn:
displacement reaction]
5: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or
reaction from the original object to some more acceptable
one
6: to move something from its natural environment [syn:
deracination]
7: act of removing from office or employment