vicarious vicarious /vaɪˈkɛriːəs/

adjective

1. () Experienced at secondhand  ( vicarious )
   experienced at secondhand
    Read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
   read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement
   
2. Suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another  ( vicarious )
   suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
    Vicarious atonement
   vicarious atonement
   
3. (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function  ( vicarious )
   (medicine) occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
    Vicarious menstruation
   vicarious menstruation