denouement
2 antonyms for denouement — opposites grouped by meaning.
Noun — The final part of a play, film or novel, after the climax, in which the remaining questions are answered and the plot is tied up.
Synonyms by Meaning
1. noun
The final part of a play, film or novel, after the climax, in which the remaining questions are answered and the plot is tied up.
“The murder is solved in chapter twenty, and the denouement runs for another thirty pages.”
Opposites
2. noun
The way a complicated real-life situation finally works out.
“The denouement of the takeover battle surprised everyone in the City.”
Antonyms
How to use denouement
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
Formal and literary. Often written with the French accent as dénouement; both spellings are accepted in English.
Etymology
From French dénouement 'an untying', from dénouer 'to untie', ultimately from Latin nodus 'knot'.
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