Usually means: Sudden reversal of circumstances, fate.
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  1. peripety: Merriam-Webster
  2. peripety: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. peripety: Collins English Dictionary
  4. peripety: Vocabulary.com
  5. peripety: Wiktionary
  6. peripety: Dictionary.com
  7. Peripety: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. peripety: Rhymezone
  9. peripety: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. peripety: FreeDictionary.org
  11. peripety: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. peripety: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (peripety)

noun:  (psychoanalysis) The third stage of a dream in Jungian theory.
noun:  Alternative form of peripeteia (“sudden change in circumstances; crisis”) [(drama) A sudden reversal of fortune as a plot point in Classical tragedy.]

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