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
Alia (1)	-	Arabic
Aniruddha	-	Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Marathi, Hindi
Vasundhara	-	Indian, Hindi, Telugu
Basajaun	-	Basque
Fidela	-	Spanish
Bagadata	-	Ancient Persian