revolution meaning and definition

REVOLUTION noun

Definition of revolution (noun)

1. a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
   • "the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution"
2. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed
3. a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
   • "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"
   • synonyms: gyration, rotation