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denouement

noun

1 denouement

The outcome of a complex sequence of events.

Roget 67: end, close, termination; desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega; extreme, ... show more

Roget 154: effect, consequence; aftergrowth, aftercome; derivative, derivation; result; resultant, resultance; upshot, issue, denouement; end ... show more

Roget 529: disclosure; retection; unveiling etc. v.; deterration, revealment, revelation; exposition, exposure; expose; whole truth; telltale etc. ... show more

Roget 729: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close etc. ... show more

2 denouement

The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work.

Dutch: pointe, afloop, onthulling, ontknoping


Moby thesaurus: Z, accomplishment, action, anagnorisis, angle, answer, apodosis, architectonics, architecture, argument, ascertainment, atmosphere, background, bitter end, catastrophe, ceasing, cessation, characterization, clearing up, climax ... show more.

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