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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,
extremity;
gable end,
butt end,
fag-end;
tip,
nib,
point;
tail
etc.
(rear)
235;
verge
etc.
(edge)
231;
tag,
peroration;
bonne bouche [Fr.];
bottom dollar,
tail end,
rear guard.
consummation,
denouement;
finish
etc.
(completion)
729;
fate;
doom,
doomsday;
crack of doom,
day of Judgment,
dies irae,
fall of the curtain;
goal,
destination;
limit,
determination;
expiration,
expiry†,
extinction,
extermination;
death
etc.
360;
end of all things;
finality;
eschatology.
break up,
commencement de la fin,
last stage,
turning point;
coup de grace,
deathblow;
knock-out-blow;
sockdolager [U.S.].
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Roget 154:
effect,
consequence;
aftergrowth†,
aftercome†;
derivative,
derivation;
result;
resultant,
resultance†;
upshot,
issue,
denouement;
end
etc.
67;
development,
outgrowth,
fruit,
crop,
harvest,
product,
bud.
production,
produce,
work,
handiwork,
fabric,
performance;
creature,
creation;
offspring,
offshoot;
firstfruits†,
firstlings;
heredity,
telegony†;
premices premises†.
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Roget 529:
disclosure;
retection†;
unveiling
etc.
v.;
deterration†,
revealment,
revelation;
exposition,
exposure;
expose;
whole truth;
telltale
etc.
(news)
532.
acknowledgment,
avowal;
confession,
confessional;
shrift.
bursting of a bubble;
denouement.
[person who discloses a secret]
tattletale,
snitch,
fink,
stool pigeon,
canary.
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Roget 729:
completion,
accomplishment,
achievement,
fulfillment;
performance,
execution;
despatch,
dispatch;
consummation,
culmination;
finish,
conclusion;
close
etc.
(end)
67;
terminus
etc.
(arrival)
292;
winding up;
finale,
denouement,
catastrophe,
issue,
upshot,
result;
final touch,
last touch,
crowning touch,
finishing touch,
finishing stroke;
last finish,
coup de grace;
crowning of the edifice;
coping-stone,
keystone;
missing link
etc.
53;
superstructure,
ne plus ultra [Lat.],
work done,
fait accompli [Fr.].
elaboration;
finality;
completeness
etc.
52.
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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, coda, color, completion, complication, conclusion, consummation, continuity, contrivance, crack of doom, cracking, culmination, curtain, curtains, death, decease, decipherment, decoding, design, destination, destiny, determination, development, device, disentanglement, doom, effect, end, end point, end result, ending, envoi, epilogue, episode, eschatology, expiration, explanation, fable, falling action, fate, final result, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finding, finding-out, finis, finish, gimmick, goal, incident, interpretation, issue, izzard, last, last act, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, latter end, line, local color, mood, motif, movement, mythos, omega, outcome, payoff, period, peripeteia, peroration, plan, plot, quietus, reason, recognition, resolution, resolving, resting place, result, riddling, rising action, scheme, secondary plot, slant, solution, solving, sorting out, stoppage, stopping place, story, structure, subject, subplot, swan song, switch, term, terminal, termination, terminus, thematic development, theme, tone, topic, twist, unraveling, unriddling, unscrambling, unspinning, untangling, untwisting, unweaving, upshot, windup, working, working-out ... show more.
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