N. substitution,
commutation,
supplanting,
metaphor,
metonymy, substitute, ersatz,
makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement,
succedaneum,
shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast,
locum tenens, warming pan,
dummy,
scapegoat, double,
changeling, quid pro quo, alternative, representative,
palimpsest, price, purchase money, consideration, equivalent
V. substitute, put in the place of, change for, make way for, give place to, supply the place of, take the place of,
supplant,
supersede, replace, cut out, serve as a substitute, step into stand in the shoes of, jury rig, make a shift with, put up with, borrow from peter to pay paul, take money out of one pocket and put it in another, cannibalize,
commute,
redeem, compound for
Adv. instead, in place of, in lieu of, in the stead of, in the room of, faute de mieux
N. atonement,
reparation,
compromise, composition, compensation,
quittance, quits,
expiation,
redemption,
reclamation,
conciliation,
propitiation,
indemnification, redress,
amends,
apology, amende honorable, satisfaction, peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering,
scapegoat, sacrifice,
penance, fasting,
maceration, sackcloth and ashes, white sheet,
shrift,
flagellation,
lustration,
purgation,
purgatory V. atone, atone for,
expiate,
propitiate, make amends, make good, reclaim,
redeem, repair,
ransom,
absolve,
purge,
shrive, do penance, stand in a white sheet, repent in sackcloth and ashes, wear a hairshirt, set one's house in order, wipe off old scores, make matters up, pay the forfeit, pay the penalty,
apologize, beg pardon, fair l'amende honorable, give satisfaction, come down on one's knees, fall down on one's knees, down on one's marrow bones, 4, moral practice