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volte-face
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Volte-face ( or ) is a total change of position, as in policy or opinion; an about-face. The expression comes through French, from Italian voltafaccia and Portuguese volte face , composed of volta (turn) and faccia (face). In the context of politics a volte-face ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a reversal in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy" [syn: about-face , reversal , policy change ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ By the end of the year, though, he appeared to have performed a volte-face . ▪ One is the difficulty of explaining Hastings' apparent volte-face . ▪ This explains the miraculous volte-face that took place in 1868.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
a reversal of opinion, 1819, French (17c.), from Italian volta faccia , literally "turn face," from volta , imper. of voltare "to turn" (from Vulgar Latin *volvita , from Latin volvere "to roll;" see volvox ) + faccia (see face ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a reversal of policy, attitude or principle
Usage examples of volte-face.
He declared at first that he had paid the hundred thousand livres with his own money but when reminded of his various bankruptcies, the claims of his creditors, and the judgments obtained against him as an insolvent debtor, he made a complete volte-face, and declared he had borrowed the money from an advocate named Duclos, to whom he had given a bond in presence of a notary.