volte

volte-face

A complete change of opinion or belief. The phrase comes from the Italian term voltafaccia. Everyone was surprised when the candidate made a complete volte-face on her stance on taxes.

a volte-face

(formal)

a sudden change of a belief or plan to the opposite of what it was before In the early 90's he made a complete political volte-face, moving from the Republican Party to the Democrats.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gisila	-	Ancient Germanic
Badulf	-	Ancient Germanic
Gertrudis	-	Spanish
Verena	ve-RE-nah (German)	German, Late Roman
Idwal	-	Welsh
Tahir	-	Arabic