Main Entry:
de·noue·ment
Variant(s):
also dé·noue·ment \ˌdā-ˌnü-ˈmäⁿ, dā-ˈnü-ˌ\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French dénouement, literally, untying, from Middle French desnouement, from desnouer to untie, from Old French desnoer, from des- de- + noer to tie, from Latin nodare, from nodus knot — more at node
Date:
1705
1 : the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
2 : the outcome of a complex sequence of events
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