coun·ter·turn
Definition of counterturn
1
[translation of Greek antistrophe]
: an unexpected turn or development in the action of a play especially at the climax
2
: a turn in the opposite direction
amid the turns and counterturns, the strife and various trials of our complex being— William Wordsworth
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