Word of the Day for Grades 4-6

Definition: 1. a complete and forcible overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. 2. a sudden, complete, or radical change in something: a revolution in church architecture; a social revolution caused by automation. 3. a. a procedure or course, as if in a circuit, back to a starting point. b. a single turn of this kind.

Example: The American revolution produced a new form of government, the democracy.

Synonyms: change, turn

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