displacement in WordNet English dictionary

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