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English to English noun
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an event in which one thing is substituted for another |  | Example: the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood
source: wordnet30
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the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: | | Example: he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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