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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 [ˈvɒltˈfɑːs]

n pl volte-face

1. a reversal, as in opinion or policy

2. a change of position so as to look, lie, etc., in the opposite direction

[from French, from Italian volta-faccia, from volta a 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 [ˈvɒltˈfɑːs] N → viraje m, cambio m súbito de opinión

volte-face [ˌvɒltˈfɑːs] n (= about-face) → volte-face f inv

volte-face

n (fig) → Kehrtwendung f; to perform a volte-face → sich um 180 Grad drehen

volte-face [ˈvɒltˈfɑːs] n → voltafaccia m inv