displace
v.v. to force someone or something out of their usual place. In psychology, it means to direct your feelings toward a safe person instead of the person who actually upset you.
v. to move something from its proper or accustomed position. In a psychological context, it refers to the unconscious transfer of an intense emotion from its original object to a less threatening substitute.
He tends to displace his anger toward his boss onto his family.
When employees feel powerless against management, they often displace their frustration by criticizing their colleagues over minor issues.
The patient began to displace her deep-seated resentment for her father onto the therapist, a classic defensive maneuver intended to avoid the pain of direct confrontation.
From Middle French desplacer (French: déplacer).
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object.
he displaced with his angerhe displaced his angerDisplace is a transitive verb; it must act directly on the emotion or object being moved without a preposition.