dénouementn.
/deɪˈnuːmɒ̃/ Unravelling; spec. the final unravelling of the complications of a plot in a drama, novel, etc.; the catastrophe; transferred the final solution or issue of a complication, difficulty, or mystery.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > occurrence or event > important or decisive
advent1591
dénouement1752
tableau1808
upcome1824
crunch1939
cruncher1947
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > plot > parts of plot
envoy1616
undermirth1640
counter-turn1651
under-walk1651
deus ex machina1697
happy ending1748
dénouement1752
anagnorisis1783
comic relief1783
by-play1812
tragic irony1833
by-plot1851
dramatic irony1881
plot point1909
cliff-hanging1945
subtext1960
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot > dénouement
untying1598
unravelling1606
discovery1668
unravelment1705
dénouement1752
resolution1846
pay-off1947
1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 6 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1825 Had the truth been extorted from Varon..by the rack, it would have been a true tragical dénouement.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 53 The particulars of the denouement you shall know in due season.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xxii. 301 Up to the present time, we had all stood waiting the denouément in silence.
1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. Notes 275 In these lines the direction of the plot is indicated. They suggest..its moral dénouement.
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