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Noun: peripetia
  1. A sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work)
    "a peripetia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling";
    - peripeteia, peripety

Derived forms: peripetias

Type of: surprise, turn-up [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Peripetia

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