volte-face

1. A reversal of attitude, policy, or principle.

   Kehrtwende

   круто́й поворо́тkrutój povorót, резкая переме́наrezkaja pereména

   a major change in attitude or principle or point of view

2. A dramatic change in mood or tone.

   Shakespeare often used volte-faces in the rhyming couplets at the end of his sonnets.

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