of purpose; afterthought.
tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody†; renunciation;
abjuration†, abjurement; defection &c (relinquishment) 624; going over
&c v.; apostasy; retraction, retractation†; withdrawal; disavowal &c
(negation) 536; revocation, revokement†; reversal; repentance &c 950;
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry; vacillation &c 605; backsliding; volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat, turn tippet†; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert;
proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U.S.], scab
[Slang], mugwump [U.S.], recidivist.
time server, time pleaser†; timist†, Vicar of Bray, trimmer,
ambidexter†; weathercock &c (changeable) 149; Janus.
V. change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose,
change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from &c (relinquish) 624;
waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a
pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to
another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to
another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go
upon another tack.
apostatize, change sides, go over, rat; recant, retract; revoke;
rescind &c (abrogate) 756; recall; forswear, unsay; come over, come
round to an opinion; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [U.S.].
draw in one's horns, eat one's words; eat the leek, swallow the
leek; swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of
it; come back return to one's first love; turn over a new leaf &c
(repent) 950.
trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be
on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds;
nager entre deux eaux [Fr.]; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see
how the wind blows.
Adj. changeful &c 149; irresolute &c 605; ductile, slippery as an eel,
trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving†; coquetting &c v.. revocatory†,
reactionary.
Phr. a change came o'er the spirit of my dream [Byron].