about-face, n.
a major change in attitude or principle or point of view
<noun.act>
about-face policy change reversal volte-face
sample sentences
"an about-face on foreign policy"
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derivationally related form
act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation
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about turn about-face
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