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- noun military Alternative form of
about-face . - verb military Alternative form of
about-face .
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synonyms (126)
Words with the same meaning
- about-turn
- accommodation
- adaptation
- adjustment
- afterthoughts
- alchemy
- alteration
- amelioration
- apostasy
- assimilation
- assumption
- back track
- back trail
- backing
- backing off
- backing out
- backing up
- backsliding
- backup
- becoming
- better thoughts
- betterment
- break
- change
- change of heart
- change of mind
- change-over
- changeableness
- constructive change
- continuity
- conversion
- defection
- degeneration
- degenerative change
- deterioration
- deviation
- difference
- discontinuity
- disenchantment
- divergence
- diversification
- diversion
- diversity
- do an about-face
- face about
- fitting
- flip
- flip-flop
- gradual change
- growth
- improvement
- lapse
- mature judgment
- melioration
- mitigation
- modification
- modulation
- naturalization
- overthrow
- passage
- progress
- qualification
- radical change
- re-creation
- re-formation
- realignment
- recidivation
- recidivism
- reclamation
- reconversion
- redesign
- reduction
- reform
- reformation
- regress
- regression
- rehabilitation
- reinstatement
- relapse
- remaking
- renewal
- reshaping
- resolution
- restitution
- restoration
- restructuring
- retrocession
- retrogradation
- retrogression
- retroversion
- return
- returning
- reversal
- reverse
- reversing
- reversion
- reverting
- revival
- revivification
- revolution
- revulsion
- right-about
- right-about-face
- second thoughts
- shift
- slipping back
- sudden change
- swingaround
- switch
- switch-over
- tergiversating
- tergiversation
- total change
- transformation
- transit
- transition
- turn
- turnabout
- turnaround
- turning into
- upheaval
- variation
- variety
- violent change
- volte-face
- worsening
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