Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun novation

1 sense of novation

Sense 1
novation -- ((law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party)
       => replacement, replacing -- (the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; "replacing the star will not be easy")