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What is the noun for substitute?

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substitution
  1. the act of substituting or the state of being substituted
  2. a substitute or replacement
  3. (chemistry) (especially in organic chemistry) the replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I questioned the substitution of Pepsi for red wine in a formulation of coq au vin.”
      “By application of substitution weighing some systematic errors of the beam balance are omitted.”
      “A quantitative description of the substitution chemistry of minerals and salts, requires a more precise definition of the term solubility.”
substitute
  1. A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.
  2. (sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
  3. (historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The class was on Evangelism, normally taught by Dr. Scarborough, but on this day he had to be away and his substitute was a prohibition speaker named Carson Taylor.”
substitutivity
  1. (philosophy) A logical relationship in which two terms can be mutually substituted without affecting the truth value of any propositions in which the terms occur, thereby establishing that the terms are identical.
substitutability
  1. The quality of being substitutable; the capacity to be substituted.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The lower the degree of substitutability, the greater the risk of harm caused by committed-use contracts.”
      “Sappho moves towards the abstract by employing the substitutability of things, people, shops.”
      “The substitutability principle is none other than a generalization of the very notion of tropology.”
substituendum
  1. (grammar) Something to be substituted or replaced.
substitutor
  1. One who, or that which, substitutes.
substitutabilities
  1. plural of substitutability
substituenda
  1. plural of substituendum
substitutions
  1. plural of substitution
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  3. Examples:
    1. “A fifth official has been needed this season to help check on substitutions, given that each team is now allowed up to 12 interchanges.”
      “In the second half, play was constantly disrupted by both sides making a number of substitutions.”
      “These substitutions are sometimes viewed as part of a neurosis or psychosis.”
substitutors
  1. plural of substitutor
substitutes
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