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Word of the Day for Saturday, October 4, 2008volte-face \vawlt-FAHS; vawl-tuh-\, noun: An about-face; a reversal, as in policy or opinion. I was eventually eased out of the organisation, but not before British policy had performed a volte-face on Cyprus, the colony had gained independence, and yesterday's political wisdoms had suddenly been repudiated. In a sudden volte-face, he seemed to accept the agreement; then, when the besieged forces came out to embark, he had their barges held in port. Suddenly confronted with the imminent ruin of Angela Lyne, his former mistress, who is drinking herself to death out of loneliness, he does the first real volte-face of his life by returning to her. Volte-face comes from French, from Italian voltafaccia, from volta, "turn" + faccia, "face." | |||||||||
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