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.
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Denouement
Synonyms for "denouement" (149 found)
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accomplishmentactionanagnorisisangleanswerapodosisarchitectonicsarchitectureargumentascertainmentatmospherebackgroundbitter endcatastropheceasingcessationcharacterizationclearing upclimaxcoda
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crackingculminationcurtaincurtainsdeathdeceasedeciphermentdecodingdesigndestinationdestinydeterminationdevelopmentdevicedisentanglementdoomeffectendend pointend result
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endingenvoiepilogueepisodeeschatologyexpirationexplanationfablefalling actionfatefinal resultfinal solutionfinal twitchfinal wordsfinalefinalityfindingfinding-outfinisfinishgimmickgoalincident
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end resultending
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12 entriesanswerconclusionfinal resultnarrative elementoutcomeplot componentresolutionresultresultantsolutionsolventtermination
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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.
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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).
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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.
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