Word of the day: Denouement

de·noue·ment

[ˌdāno͞oˈmäN]

noun

1. the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

   synonyms: finale · final scene · epilogue · coda · end · ending ·
   

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   finish · close · culmination · climax · conclusion · resolution · solution

   antonyms: beginning

   • the climax of a chain of events, usually when something is decided or made clear:
     "I waited by the eighteenth green to see the denouement"
     synonyms: outcome · upshot · consequence · result · end ·
     

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     payoff