Definition of Substitution

Substitution

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.

The state of being substituted for another.

The office or authority of one acting for another; delegated authority.

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.

The doctrine that Christ suffered vicariously, being substituted for the sinner, and that his sufferings were expiatory.

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.

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Substitution Quotations

There has been a substitution of ideology for fact and scientific and engineering data in this administration.
Vinton Cerf

I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.
Suge Knight

That the primary effect of gene mutation may be as simple as the substitution of a single amino acid by another and may lead to profound secondary changes in protein structure and properties has recently been strongly indicated by the work of Ingram on hemoglobin.
Edward Lawrie Tatum

I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called 'heritage'.
Peter Porter

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.
Julia Ward Howe

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Substitution Translations

substitution in Dutch is aflossing, vervanging
substitution in French is substitution, remplacement
substitution in Italian is indennizzo

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