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Noun
S:
(n)
replacement
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replacing
(the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another)
"replacing the star will not be easy"
S:
(n)
surrogate
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alternate
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replacement
(someone who takes the place of another person)
S:
(n)
substitution
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permutation
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transposition
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replacement
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switch
(an event in which one thing is substituted for another)
"the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood"
S:
(n)
substitute
,
replacement
(a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another)
S:
(n)
refilling
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replenishment
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replacement
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renewal
(filling again by supplying what has been used up)
S:
(n)
successor
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replacement
(a person who follows next in order)
"he was President Lincoln's successor"