displacement

displacement - noun

act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics

an event in which something is displaced without rotation

the act of uniform movement

(chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound

(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

act of removing from office or employment

displacement - thesaurus