rightaboutface

noun

Military.

a command, given to a soldier or soldiers at attention, to turn the body about toward the right so as to face in the opposite direction.

the act of so turning in a prescribed military manner.

rightabout ( def 2 ).

any complete reversal, as of conduct or opinion.

Also, right·a·bout-face, right-a·bout-face.

Origin:
1805–15

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