revolution

  1. Noun.  A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.
  2. Noun.  The removal and replacement of a government.
  3. Noun.  Rotation: the turning of an object around an axis.
  4. Noun.  A rotation: one complete turn of an object during rotation.
  5. Noun.  In the case of celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body.
  6. Noun.  A sudden, vast change in a situation, a discipline, or the way of thinking and behaving.

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