Hypertext Webster Gateway: "denouement"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

D'enouement \D['e]`noue`ment"\, n. [F. d['e]nouement, fr.
d['e]nouer to untie; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + nouer to tie,
fr. L. nodus knot, perh. for gnodus and akin to E. knot.]
1. The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe,
especially of a drama or a romance.

2. The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

denouement
n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
or dramatic work


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