| about-face | | |
| n. (act) | 1. about turn, about-face | act of pivoting 180 degrees, especially in a military formation. |
| ~ turnabout, reversion, turnaround, reversal, reverse | turning in the opposite direction. |
| n. (act) | 2. about-face, policy change, reversal, volte-face | a major change in attitude or principle or point of view.; "an about-face on foreign policy" |
| ~ 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). |
| v. (motion) | 3. about-face | turn, usually 180 degrees. |
| ~ turn | change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense.; "Turn towards me"; "The mugger turned and fled before I could see his face"; "She turned from herself and learned to listen to others' needs" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. about-face | change one's mind and assume the opposite viewpoint. |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
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