denouementnoun [ C ]
uk/deɪˈnuː.mɒ̃/us/deɪˈnuː.mɑ̃ː/the end of a story, in which everything is explained, or the end result of a situation
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Cinema & theatre: parts of plays, shows & films
- act
- blooper reel
- byplay
- coup de théâtre
- curtain call
- finale
- flashback
- fourth wall
- intermission
- interval
- scene
- set piece
- showstopper
- sketch
- stage direction
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Ends and endings
Examples from literature
- But we have also found that the romance vanishes away like a ghost, dwindles out, closes with ragged ends, has no denouement.
- If they would, however, many could escape from this fatal denouement which suddenly terminates their life at an age when ordinary life is only beginning.
- It was all so true and universal, the characters so well drawn, the denouement so happy!
- So sudden and astounding was this denouement that Louise did not even scream.
- We could not stay for the denouement, as we had a nervous old lady with us, who firmly declined to witness any such hair-raising spectacle.