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   De·noue·ment

   /ˌdāno͞oˈmäN/

   

   noun

   • 1. the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved: "the film's denouement was unsatisfying and ambiguous" Similar finalefinal scenefinal actlast actepiloguecodaendendingfinishcloseculminationclimaxconclusionresolutionsolutionclarificationunravelinginformal:windupOpposite beginning
   • ▪ the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear: "I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement" Similar outcomeupshotconsequenceresultend resultendendingterminationculminationclimaxinformal:payoffdated:issuearchaic:successOpposite origin

   Word Origin mid 18th century: Frenchdénouement, from dénouer ‘unknot’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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