From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdenouementde‧noue‧ment /deɪˈnuːmɒŋ $ ˌdeɪnuːˈmɑːŋ/ noun [countable] formal EXPLAINthe exciting last part of a story or play The plot takes us to Paris for the denouement of the story.
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denouement• Mischievously, he rounds off his account of the trial with a denouement of his own.• Jacinta is once again feeling rejected and persecuted when an unexpected turn in events brings about a happy denouement.• By midafternoon the drama had reached its denouement.• In that story there is no denouement, just the relish in the fray itself.• There was the opening trauma, the suspects, the who-done-it, and even a form of denouement.• Deaths and disclosures, universal and particular, denouements both unexpected and inexorable, transvestite melodrama on all levels including the suggestive.• Some months later, came the denouement.Origin denouement (1700-1800) French dénouement “untying” 