DENOUEMENT


Meaning of DENOUEMENT in English

n. (also dénouement) 1 the final unravelling of a plot or complicated situation. 2 the final scene in a play, novel, etc., in which the plot is resolved.

[ F dénouement f. dénouer unknot (as DE-, L nodare f. nodus knot) ]

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