[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

replacement \replace"ment\ -ment, n.
   1. the act of replacing.
      1913 webster

   2. crystallog. the removal of an edge or an angle by one or
      more planes.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

replacement
     n 1: an event in which one thing is substituted for another; "the
          replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor
          blood" syn: substitution, permutation, transposition,
           switch
     2: the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the
        place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy"
        syn: replacing
     3: someone who takes the place of another person syn: surrogate,
         alternate
     4: a person or thing that takes or can take the place of
        another syn: substitute
     5: filling again by supplying what has been used up syn: refilling,
         replenishment, renewal
     6: a person who follows next in order; "he was president
        lincoln's successor" syn: successor
see also:
substitution permutation transposition switch replacing surrogate 
alternate substitute refilling replenishment renewal 
successor 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

102 moby thesaurus words for "replacement":
   agency, agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, backup, backup man,
   change, changeling, commutation, comparison, copy, counterfeit,
   delegation, deputation, deputy, deputyship, descendant,
   displacement, double, dummy, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange,
   fake, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, heir, imitation, improvement,
   inheritor, instauration, locum, locum tenens, makeshift, metaphor,
   metonymy, next best thing, personnel, phony, pinch hitter,
   posterity, power of attorney, proxy, quid pro quo, reactivation,
   reconstitution, reconversion, redintegration, reenactment,
   reestablishment, reformation, rehabilitation, reinstatement,
   reinstation, reinstitution, reinvestiture, reinvestment, relief,
   representation, representative, reserves, restitution, restoration,
   reversion, ringer, second string, secondary, sign, spares,
   stand-in, sub, subrogation, substituent, substitute, substitution,
   succedaneum, successor, supersedence, superseder, superseding,
   supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanter, supplanting,
   supplantment, surrogate, switch, symbol, synecdoche, third string,
   tit for tat, token, understudy, utility player, vicar,
   vicariousness, vice-president, vice-regent

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