Alteration, modification, transformation, conversion, substitution, replacement, trade, exchange, adaption, variance...
Another five-letter word for 'change' is 'alter.'
Change, specifically change from one thing into another.
change 'e' and you get noon
alter
Reconsidered had a change of heart
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Another name would be to change the outcome or to change time.
an anagram is a word formed from another by scrambling the letters.
Obfuscation
Yes.
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