volte-facen.
/ˌvɒltˈfɑːs/, /ˌvɒltˈfas/, U.S. /ˌvɑlt(ə)ˈfɑs/, /ˌvoʊlt(ə)ˈfɑs/ The act of turning so as to face in the opposite direction; figurative a complete change of attitude or opinion.
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the world > space > direction > [noun] > changing to face different direction or turning > to opposite direction
inverting1573
reverse1589
round turn1611
reversal1648
controversion1684
contraversion1706
volte-face1819
turnabout1833
about-turn1912
U-turn1915
about-face1930
U1971
heel turn1983
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > change of opinion > [noun] > strong, thorough
revulsion1699
revirement1824
pirouette1832
right-about face1837
volte-face1883
right about1936
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. IV. 189 Your Excellency has only to hint that the M‘Aulays are going in that direction, and my friends of the Mist will instantly make volte-face, and go to the right about.
1823 W. Scott Peveril III. xi. 275 At last we were obliged to make volte-face.
1883 Athenæum 20 Oct. 493/2 He is getting to believe in evolution and has to make some curious voltes-face in order to retain at the same time his belief in theism.
1889 Spectator 9 Nov. 627/1 The sudden volte-face which Mr. Gladstone and Sir William Harcourt performed in 1886.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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