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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Counterturn

/(-t�rn`)/ · Coun·ter·turn · IPA
01 n. The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
  1. 1.
    The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.