volte-face

volte-face  (vôlt-fäs, vôlt-)

n.

A reversal, as in policy; an about-face.

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[French, from Italian voltafaccia : volta (from voltare, to turn; see vault²) + faccia, face (from Vulgar Latin *facia; see face).]

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volte-face [volt-fass]

Noun

pl volte-face a reversal of opinion [Italian volta turn + faccia face]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

volte-face - a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy" policy change, about-face, reversal change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election" undoing - an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done)

Translations

volte-face [ˈvɔltˈfɑːs] n → viraje m

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volte-face [ˈvɔltˈfɑːs] n → Kehrtwendung f