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- Dictionarydenouement/deɪˈnuːmɒ̃/
noun
- 1. the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved: "the film's denouement was unsatisfying and ambiguous" Similar Opposite
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1. : the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work. In the denouement, the two lovers commit suicide. 2. : the outcome of a complex sequence of events. Examples of denouement in a Sentence. In the play's denouement, the two lovers kill themselves.
the final part of a work of literature, after the climax (= the most important or exciting part)
the final part of a work of literature, after the climax (= the most important or exciting part)
Denouement definition: the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.. See examples of DENOUEMENT used in a sentence.
noun. 1. the outcome, solution, unraveling, or clarification of a plot in a drama, story, etc. 2. the point in the plot where this occurs. 3. any final revelation or outcome. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
You know that part of every movie after the big action scene, where things get explained, and the characters tie up loose ends? That's called the denouement, or the showing of how the plot eventually turns out.
the end of a play, book, etc., in which everything is explained or settled; the end result of a situation. Definition of denouement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. a. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot. b. The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place. 2. The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.
1. a. The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot. b. The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place. 2. The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.
Origin of denouement 1 First recorded in 1745–55; from French: literally, “an untying,” equivalent to dénouer “to untie,” Old French desnoer ( des- + noer “to knot,” from Latin nōdāre, derivative of nōdus “knot”) + -ment; see de- , -ment
