Word of the Week - Denouement

Denouement

[dā-ˌnü-ˈmä]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: french

• The resolution of a plot's many threads

• The culmination of a series of event

Examples of Denouement in a Sentence

• The final episode of the series tied up all loose ands and was the satisfying denouement we'd waited for.

• If you want a happy ending, you will be disappointed by the play's denouement

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