revolution

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Synonyms: resolution, evolution, devolution, revolucion, revolutin, revelation, exolution, advolution, revocation, involution, volution

Antonyms: resolution, evolution, devolution, revolucion, revolutin, revelation, exolution, advolution, revocation, involution, volution

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Noun

1. {{sid|en|Q10931}}{{lb|en|countable|politics}} A [[political]] [[upheaval]] in a government or state characterized by great change.
2. {{lb|en|countable|politics}} The [[popular]] [[removal]] and [[replacement]] of a government, especially by sudden [[violent]] action.
3. [[rotation|Rotation]]: the turning of an object around an [[axis]], one complete turn of an object during rotation.
4. {{lb|en|astronomy}} In the case of [[celestial body|celestial bodies]], the traversal of one body along an [[orbit]] around another body.
5. A sudden, vast [[change]] in a situation, a [[discipline]], or the way of thinking and behaving.
6. A round of [[periodic]] [[change]]s, such as between the [[season]]s of the [[year]].
7. [[consideration|Consideration]] of an [[idea]]; the act of [[revolve|revolving]] something in the [[mind]].
8. {{lb|en|card games}} a [[rule]] in [[Tycoon]] where if four cards are placed down at once, the card [[hierarchy]] is reversed.

Proper noun

1. {{ellipsis of|en|American Revolution}}.

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