noun

1. a displacing or being displaced
2. 1. the weight or volume of a fluid displaced by a floating object; specif., the weight of water, in long tons, displaced by a ship
   2. the volume displaced by a stroke of a piston
3. the difference between a later position of a thing and its original position
4. Geol. the relative movement of rock strata on the two sides of a fault
5. Psychiatry a defense mechanism in which an emotion or idea, usually repressed, is transferred to another, more acceptable object