substitution

1. n. 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: opted

2. n. The state of being substituted for another. Source: opted

3. n. The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority. Source: opted

4. n. The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him. Source: opted

5. n. The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory. Source: opted

6. n. The act or process of substituting an atom or radical for another atom or radical; metethesis; also, the state of being so substituted. See Metathesis. Source: opted

7. n. an event in which one thing is substituted for another Source: wordnet

8. n. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: Source: wordnet

9. The designation of a person in a will to take a devise orlegacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee byincapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him. Burrill. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. an event in which one thing is substituted for another n. the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help" Source: ecdict

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