Meaning of dénouement | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The conclusion or resolution of a plot; unravelling.
   countable, uncountable
2. outcome
3. Alternative spelling of dénouement.
   alt-of, alternative
4. dénouement (conclusion or resolution of a plot)
5. passing
6. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
7. third-person singular imperative

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“In the sizzling two-hour denouement, for example, the music titan Lucious Lyon (Terrence Howard) discovered that he didn’t have a terminal illness after all (Dun-dun-DUN).”

“Some commentators have said one of the more recent fall-outs – over noise reduction specifications campaigned for by local residents – is a fitting denouement to what has been a humiliating drama.”

“Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister has at last reached its denouement.”

“And then, when all that is done, it somehow needs to find believable and distinct emotional denouements for (if I’ve counted correctly) 17 characters.”

“Emily was a great favourite with him; and he had always viewed the attachment, at whose dénouement between her and Lorraine, Lady Mandeville meant to preside, as a somewhat foolish romance.”

“At last this affair is moving towards the explosive dénouement he has been craving — the revelation, the release of tension, that will shake the universe in one fierce convulsion, and then allow everything to fall back into its rightful place, restored to normality!”

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