• Denouement

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ËŒdeɪnuˈmɑ̃/

    Full definition of denouement

    Noun

    denouement

    (plural denouements)
    1. Alternative spelling of dénouement
      • 2005, Lemony Snicket, The Penultimate Peril:The denouement is the moment when all of the knots of a story are untied, ... But the denouement should not be confused with the end of a story.
      • 2013-06-29, Travels and travails, Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
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