peripety

Other forms: peripeties

Definitions of peripety
  1. noun
    a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
    synonyms: peripeteia, peripetia
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    type of:
    surprise
    a sudden unexpected event
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