denouement

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: de=noue=ment

OXFORD DICTIONARY

denouement, n. (also d{eacute}nouement)
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.

Etymology

F d{eacute}nouement f. d{eacute}nouer unknot (as DE-, L nodare f. nodus knot)

THESAURUS

denouement

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

ROGET THESAURUS

denouement

End

N 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, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

Completion

N completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment, performance, execution, despatch, dispatch, consummation, culmination, finish, conclusion, close, terminus, 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, superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli, elaboration, finality, completeness, completing, final, concluding, conclusive, crowning, exhaustive, done, completed, done for, sped, wrought out, highly wrought, thorough, ripe, completely, to crown all, out of hand, the race is run, actum est, finis coronat opus, consummatum est, c'en est fait, it is all over, the game is played out, the bubble has burst, aussitot dit aussitot fait, aut non tentaris aut perfice.

Effect

N effect, consequence, aftergrowth, aftercome, derivative, derivation, result, resultant, resultance, upshot, issue, denouement, end, development, outgrowth, fruit, crop, harvest, product, bud, production, produce, work, handiwork, fabric, performance, creature, creation, offspring, offshoot, firstfruits, firstlings, heredity, telegony, premices premises, owing to, resulting from, derivable from, due to, caused by, dependent upon, derived from, evolved from, derivative, hereditary, telegonous, of course, it follows that, naturally, consequently, as a consequence, in consequence, through, all along of, necessarily, eventually, cela va sans dire, thereby hangs a tale.

Disclosure

N disclosure, retection, unveiling, deterration, revealment, revelation, exposition, exposure, expose, whole truth, telltale, acknowledgment, avowal, confession, confessional, shrift, bursting of a bubble, denouement, tattletale, snitch, fink, stool pigeon, canary, disclosed, open, public, Int, out with it!, the murder is out, a light breaks in upon one, the scales fall from one's eyes, the eyes are opened.